About M.L.P. (Maarten) Dirkx, PhD
Introduction
Field(s) of expertise
- Online adaptive radiotherapy
- (Automated) external beam treatment planning
- Image-guided and surface-guided radiotherapy
Education and career
In 1990, Maarten Dirkx graduated in physics at the Technical University of Eindhoven. In 1992, he started working as a research physicist at the department of Radiation Oncology of the Erasmus MC. During a three years radiotherapy physics residency, he spent three months at the Physics Department of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (USA), headed by prof. B.A. Fraass, performing research on the optimization of treatment plans using static intensity modulation.
Since 1997, he has a permanent staff position as medical physics expert in the department of Radiation Oncology of the Erasmus MC. In 2000 he defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Static and dynamic beam intensity modulation using a multileaf collimator’ at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Publications
Teaching activities
- Supervisor of medical physics residents at Erasmus MC.
- During the years, I have been responsible for the supervision of three PhD students, and have been involved in PhD projects of others.
- Moreover, I have supervised multiple master students and one QME student.
Other positions
Maarten Dirkx is a member of the advisory board on research and innovation of the Dutch Association of Medical Specialists (FMS), member of the advisory board on professional interests of the Dutch Association of Radiation Oncology (NVRO) and member of a task group on implementation of innovations of the Dutch Association of Radiation Oncology (NVRO).
