Background
Martin Fast studied physics at the University of Heidelberg (2005-2010). From 2010-2013 he conducted his PhD studies on “New Methods for Motion Management During Radiation Therapy” at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. After postdoc appointments at The Institute of Cancer Research - Royal Marsden hospital in London (2013-2016) and the Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (2017-2019), Dr Fast was appointed as associate professor in the radiotherapy department of the UMC Utrecht in 2019. Dr Fast’s main research interest is the development of MRI-guided real-time adaptive radiotherapy. He is currently the (co-)author of 50+ peer-reviewed publications with more than 1300 citations. A full list of publications is available on GoogleScholar.

MSc students

• Marissa van Lente (TuE, cardiac deep learning contouring)
• Luuk Elemans (TuE, prostate MLC tracking)

PhD students

• Osman Akdag (Cardiac radioablation & MRI)
• Manon Aubert (Cardiac MRI)
• Frederique van Gameren (Abdominothoracic MRI)
• Katrinus Keijnemans (4D-MRI)
• Luuk van der Pol (Cardiac sparing & STOPSTORM)
• Prescilla Uijtewaal (MLC tracking)

Postdoc

• Dr. Tom Bosma (MRI coil development)
• Maarten Terpstra (MRI reconstruction)

Visiting scholars

• Dr. Beau Pontre (Senior lecturer, University of Auckland)

Side Activities

• Editorial Board member for Physics in Medicine & Biology.
• Associate Editorial Board member for Medical Physics.
• Board member of Image Science community of the Strategic Theme Life Sciences Utrecht.

Fellowship and Awards

• NWO OTP #19484 MEGAHERTZ. 2023-2028. EUR 1,540,000 (PI)
• NWO VIDI #17515 BREATHE EASY. 2019-2024. EUR 800,000 (PI)
• EU H2020 #945119 STOPSTORM. 2021-2027. EUR 7,161,000 (interim coordinator, work package leader and management board member)

Keywords:

Radiotherapy | MRI guided Radiotherapy | Adaptive radiotherapy | Real-time adaptation | Cardiac radioablation | Cardiovascular MRI

Social media and other resources

Email: m.f.fast-2@umcutrecht.nl | UMC Utrecht Google Scholar | LinkedIn | ORCID