Casper Beijst is a medical physicist and scientist at the department of radiotherapy of the UMC Utrecht. His research focuses on motion correction techniques for imaging and radiotherapy.

He is the leader of the molecular and motion reconstruction group. In recent years, he was awarded with an NWO OTP (2021), KWF PPS (2022) and NWO LTP (2024) grant establishing a group of 8 (5 PhD students, postdoc, MSc student and a research enigneer).

He has an official double registration as a medical physicist both in the field of radiotherapy and radiology/nuclear medicine. The crossover in expertise allows him to bridge the gap between radiology and radiotherapy with the aim of improving imaging for therapy guidance.

• 2024 Long Term Partnership grant by Dutch Research Council (NWO), co-applicant
• 2022 Public Private Partnership grant by Dutch Cancer Society (KWF), main applicant
• 2021 Open Technology Program grant by Dutch Research Council (NWO), main applicant
• 2020 Nijbakker Morra Mobility Fellowship
• 2020 European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN) Mobility fellowship

Other

• UMCU OncoCareer Board chair; advocacy group of young scientists
• European Society of Radiation Oncology meeting (ESTRO) SBRT Focus group elected full-member