Personal Data
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Jäkel
Head of Division Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
Medical Physics Director of Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD)
Scopus ID: 7003530041, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6056-9747, h-Index: 57
Qualifications and Career
| Study in Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany | 1983 - 1990 |
| Scientific Assistant, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany | 1989 - 1994 |
| Promotion in Physics(Dr. rer. nat.), Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Topic: “A chiral model for near-threshold pion-induced double-pion production” (Prof. Manfred Dillig) | 1991 - 1994 |
| Scientific Assistant, Division of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany | 1994 - 2008 |
| Approval as Medical Physics Expert by the German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP) and the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) | 1998 |
| Project Coordinator “Heavy Ion Therapy and Medical Physics”, GSI, Darmstadt, Germany | 1998 - 2008 |
| Habilitation in Medical Physics, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany (Prof. Michael Wannenmacher) | 2001 |
| Appointment as Lecturer for Medical Physics, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany | 2001 |
| Consultant for Siemens Oncology Care Systems, Particle Therapy | 2004 - 2007 |
| Appointment as Associate Professor for Medical Physics, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany | 2006 |
| Medical Physics Director at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT) at the University Hospital Heidelberg (UKHD), Germany | since 2007 |
| Spokesperson of the HGF Virtual Institute “Translating hadron therapy from basic research to clinical application”, DKFZ, Heidelberg | 2007 - 2012 |
| Spokesperson of the DFG Clinical Research Group “Heavy ion therapy” at the University Hospital Heidelberg (UKHD), Germany | 2008 - 2017 |
| Accreditation as Mentor for the Further Education of Medical Physics Experts | since 2010 |
| Full Professor for Medical Physics, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany | since 2011 |
| Program Leader of two international Master's Programs in Medical Physics, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany and | 2011 - 2019 |
| Scientific Director for postgraduate courses in Medical Physics, Deparment for Postgraduate Studies, heiSKILLS Center, Heidelberg University, Germany and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago de Chile | since 2012 |
| Offer of a Full Professorship for Medical Physics at the TU Vienna (declined) | 2014 |
| Appointment as Head of the Division Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany | since 2014 |
| Co-Director of the Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) | since 2014 |
| Vice-speaker for the Research Program Imaging and Radiation Oncology at DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany | 2016 - 2021 |
| Lecturer of the Master’s Program in Medical Physics, Princess Srisavangavadhana Faculty of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), Bangkok, Thailand | since 2025 |
Further Activities and Memberships
| Member of EURADOS (European Radiation Dosimetry Group) Working Group 9 | since 2005 |
| Member of DIN task group “Proton & Ion beam Dosimetry” (DIN 6901-01) | since 2027 |
| Reviewer for the Humboldt Foundation | since 2010 |
| Member of the external review committee of the Belgium National Hadron Therapy Program | 2014 - 2017 |
| Host and Organizer of several international Summer Schools in Medical Physics in Santiago de Chile and in Bangkok, Thailand | since 2014 |
| Vorsitzender des Report Committee 22 (report 93) of the ICRU “Prescribing, Recording and Reporting of Light Ion Beam Therapy” | 2014 - 2020 |
| Host and Organizer of the Symposium on MR-guided radiotherapy and Workshop for Early Career Investigators, funded by DFG | 2015 |
| Member of the Scientific Council of the DKFZ | 2016 - 2021 |
| Member of the IAEA task group on updating TRS-398 „Absorbed dose determination in external beam radiotherapy” | since 2016 |
| Member of the Commission for Good Scientific Practice of the DKFZ | since 2017 |
| Host and Organizer of six Summer Schools in Medical Physics in Heidelberg, Germany | since 2017 |
| Member of PhD commission (Dr. Sc. Hum.) at the Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany | since 2019 |
| Member of the Review Board of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Fachkollegium der DFG) Medical Physics and Biomedical Technology | since 2019 |
| Member of external review committee, UT Austin – Portugal program of Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) | since 2020 |
| Reviewer for European Strategic Forum on Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) | since 2020 |
| Host and Organizer of the Virtual 8th MRinRT Symposium | 2021 |
| Science Committee Member of European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) | since 2023 |
| Host and Organizer of the Symposium on Adaptive Radiotherapy, Heidelberg | 2023 |
| Member of the expert advisory board of Univ. Health Network of Ontario, Canada | since 2024 |
| Lead of the Commission for Good Scientific Practice of the DKFZ | since 2024 |
| Supervisor of one Habilitation as well as 31 Dissertations | 2020 - 2025 |
Publications
Yawson, A. K. ; Sallem, H. ; Seidensaal, K. ; Welzel, T. ; Klüter, S. ; Paul, K. ; Dorsch, S. ; Beyer, C. ; Debus, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Bauer, J. ; Giske, K.
Gomà, C. ; Henkner, K. ; Jäkel, O. ; Lorentini, S. ; Magro, G. ; Mirandola, A. ; Placidi, L. ; Togno, M. ; Vidal, M. ; Vilches-Freixas, G. ; Wulff, J. ; Safai, S.
Beyer, C. ; Paul, K. M. ; Dorsch, S. ; Echner, G. ; Dinkel, F. ; Welzel, T. ; Seidensaal, K. ; Hörner-Rieber, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Klüter, S.
Hoegen-Saßmannshausen, P. ; Naumann, P. ; Hoffmeister-Wittmann, P. ; Ben Harrabi, S. ; Seidensaal, K. ; Weykamp, F. ; Mielke, T. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Habermehl, D. ; Springfeld, C. ; Dill, M. ; Longerich, T. ; Schirmacher, P. ; Mehrabi, A. ; Chang, D.-H. ; Hörner-Rieber, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Combs, S. E. ; Debus, J. ; Herfarth, K. ; Liermann, J.
Mattke, M. ; Ohlinger, M. ; Bougatf, N. ; Wolf, R. ; Welzel, T. ; Roeder, F. ; Gerum, S. ; Fussl, C. ; Annon-Eberharter, N. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Herfarth, K. ; Uhl, M. ; Debus, J. ; Seidensaal, K. ; Harrabi, S.
Qubala, A. ; Shafee, J. ; Tessonnier, T. ; Horn, J. ; Winter, M. ; Naumann, J. ; Jäkel, O.
Waiter, G. ; Lambrou, T. ; Leontidis, G. ; Oren, N. ; Morris, T. ; Gordon, S. ; Yawson, A. K. ; Paul, K. M. ; Beyer, C. ; Dorsch, S. ; Klüter, S. ; Welzel, T. ; Seidensaal, K. ; Debus, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Giske, K.
Qubala, A. ; Shafee, J. ; Batista, V. ; Liermann, J. ; Winter, M. ; Piro, D. ; Jäkel, O.
Tessonnier, T. ; Ecker, S. ; Besuglow, J. ; Naumann, J. ; Mein, S. ; Longarino, F. K. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Ackermann, B. ; Winter, M. ; Brons, S. ; Qubala, A. ; Haberer, T. ; Debus, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Mairani, A.
Stammer, P. ; Burigo, L. ; Jäkel, O. ; Frank, M. ; Wahl, N.
Stengl, C. ; Panow, K. ; Arbes, E. ; Muñoz, I. D. ; Christensen, J. B. ; Neelsen, C. ; Dinkel, F. ; Weidner, A. ; Runz, A. ; Johnen, W. ; Liermann, J. ; Echner, G. ; Vedelago, J. A. ; Jäkel, O.
Mattke, M. ; Ohlinger, M. ; Bougatf, N. ; Harrabi, S. ; Wolf, R. ; Seidensaal, K. ; Welzel, T. ; Röder, F. ; Gerum, S. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Herfarth, K. ; Uhl, M. ; Debus, J.
Dorsch, S. ; Paul, K. ; Beyer, C. ; Karger, C. P. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Klüter, S.
Stengl, C. ; Arbes, E. ; Thai, L. J. ; Echner, G. ; Vedelago, J. ; Jansen, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Seco, J.
Li, H. ; Durante, M. ; Jäkel, O. ; Kong, L. ; Lu, L.
Dierlamm, A. ; Balzer, M. ; Ehrler, F. ; Husemann, U. ; Koppenhöfer, R. ; Perić, I. ; Pittermann, M. ; Topko, B. ; Weber, A. ; Brons, S. ; Debus, J. ; Grau, N. ; Hansmann, T. ; Jäkel, O. ; Klüter, S. ; Naumann, J.
Marot, M. ; Surla, S. ; Burke, E. ; Brons, S. ; Runz, A. ; Greilich, S. ; Karger, C. ; Jäkel, O. ; Burigo, L. N.
Reidel, C.-A. ; Horst, F. ; Schuy, C. ; Jäkel, O. ; Ecker, S. ; Henkner, K. ; Brons, S. ; Durante, M. ; Weber, U.
Salome, P. ; Sforazzini, F. ; Kudak, A. ; König, L. ; Kickingreder, P. ; Bougatf, N. ; Wick, W. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Knoll, M. ; Abdollahi, A.
Stammer, P. ; Burigo, L. ; Jäkel, O. ; Frank, M. ; Wahl, N.
Jäkel, O. ; Bert, C. ; Fossati, P. ; Kamada, T. ; Karger, C. ; Matsufuji, N. ; , S. P. ; deLuca, M.
Bronk, L. ; Guan, F. ; Patel, D. ; Ma, D. ; Kroger, B. ; Wang, X. ; Tran, K. ; Yiu, J. ; Stephan, C. ; Debus, J. ; Abdollahi, A. ; Jäkel, O. ; Mohan, R. ; Titt, U. ; Grosshans, D. R.
Hoffmann, A. ; Oborn, B. ; Moteabbed, M. ; Yan, S. ; Bortfeld, T. ; Knopf, A. ; Fuchs, H. ; Georg, D. ; Seco, J. ; Spadea, M. F. ; Jäkel, O. ; Kurz, C. ; Parodi, K.
Magallanes, L. ; Meyer, S. ; Gianoli, C. ; Kopp, B. ; Voss, B. ; Jakel, O. ; Brons, S. ; Gordon, J. ; Parodi, K.
Sprave, T. ; Verma, V. ; Sterzing, F. ; Bruckner, T. ; Hees, K. ; Land, B. ; Jäkel, O. ; Herfarth, K. ; Debus, J. ; Uhl, M.
Ladd, M. ; Quick, H. ; Bock, M. ; Berger, M. ; Breithaupt, M. ; Nagel, A. ; Bitz, A. ; Komljenovic, D. ; Laun, F. ; Kuder, T. A. ; Bachert, P. ; Shlomo, R. ; Wittsack, H.-J. ; Schlegel, W. ; Karger, C. ; Jäkel, O.
Bostel, T. ; Pfaffenberger, A. ; Delorme, S. ; Dreher, C. ; Echner, G. ; Haering, P. ; Lang, C. ; Splinter, M. ; Laun, F. ; Müller, M. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Huber, P. ; Sterzing, F. ; Nicolay, N.
Mattke, M. ; Vogt, K. ; Bougatf, N. ; Welzel, T. ; Oelmann-Avendano, J. ; Hauswald, H. ; Jensen, A. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Herfarth, K. ; Debus, J. ; Uhl, M.
Klein, C. D. ; Dokic, I. ; Mairani, A. ; Mein, S. ; Brons, S. ; Häring, P. ; Haberer, T. ; Jäkel, O. ; Zimmermann, A. ; Zenke, F. ; Blaukat, A. ; Debus, J. ; Abdollahi, A.
Patel, D. ; Bronk, L. ; Guan, F. ; Peeler, C. R. ; Brons, S. ; Dokic, I. ; Abdollahi, A. ; Rittmüller, C. ; Jäkel, O. ; Grosshans, D. ; Mohan, R. ; Titt, U.
Arico, G. ; Gehrke, T. ; Jakubek, J. ; Gallas, R. ; Berke, S. ; Jäkel, O. ; Mairani, A. ; Ferrari, A. ; Martisikova, M.
Wieser, H.-P. ; Cisternas, E. ; Wahl, N. ; Ulrich, S. ; Stadler, A. ; Mescher, H. ; Müller, L.-R. ; Klinge, T. ; Gabrys, H. ; Burigo, L. N. ; Mairani, A. ; Ecker, S. ; Ackermann, B. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Parodi, K. ; Jäkel, O. ; Bangert, M.
Mairani, A. ; Dokic, I. ; Magro, G. ; Tessonier, T. ; Bauer, J. ; Boehlen, T. ; Ciocca, M. ; Ferrari, A. ; Sala, P. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Abdollahi, A. ; Parodi, K.
Mairani, A. ; Magro, G. ; Dokic, I. ; Valle, S. M. ; Tessonnier, T. ; Galm, R. ; Ciocca, M. ; Parodi, K. ; Ferrari, A. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Pedroni, P. ; Böhlen, T. T.
Mairani, A. ; Dokic, I. ; Magro, G. ; Tessonnier, T. ; Kamp, F. ; Carlson, D. J. ; Ciocca, M. ; Cerutti, F. ; Sala, P. R. ; Ferrari, A. ; Böhlen, T. T. ; Jäkel, O. ; Parodi, K. ; Debus, J. ; Abdollahi, A. ; Haberer, T.
Dreher, C. ; Scholz, C. ; Pommer, M. ; Brons, S. ; Prokesch, H. ; Ecker, S. ; Debus, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Combs, S. E. ; Habermehl, D.
Dokic, I. ; Mairani, A. ; Niklas, M. ; Zimmermann, F. ; Chaudhri, N. ; Krunic, D. ; Tessonnier, T. ; Ferrari, A. ; Parodi, K. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Haberer, T. ; Abdollahi, A.
Uhl, M. ; Welzel, T. ; Jensen, A. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Haberer, T. ; Jäkel, O. ; Herfarth, K. ; Debus, J.
Rucinski, A. ; Brons, S. ; Richter, D. ; Habl, G. ; Debus, J. ; Bert, C. ; Haberer, T. ; Jäkel, O.
Nischwitz, S. P. ; Bauer, J. ; Welzel, T. ; Rief, H. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Frey, K. ; Debus, J. ; Parodi, K. ; Combs, S. E. ; Rieken, S.
Lehmann, H. I. ; Richter, D. ; Prokesch, H. ; Graeff, C. ; Prall, M. ; Simoniello, P. ; Fournier, C. ; Bauer, J. ; Kaderka, R. ; Weymann, A. ; Szabó, G. ; Sonnenberg, K. ; Constantinescu, A. M. ; Johnson, S. B. ; Misiri, J. ; Takami, M. ; Miller, R. C. ; Herman, M. G. ; Asirvatham, S. J. ; Brons, S. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Debus, J. ; Durante, M. ; Bert, C. ; Packer, D. L.
Krah, N. ; Testa, M. ; Brons, S. ; Jäkel, O. ; Parodi, K. ; Voss, B. ; Rinaldi, I.
Kamada, T. ; Tsujii, H. ; Blakely, E. A. ; Debus, J. ; De Neve, W. ; Durante, M. ; Jäkel, O. ; Mayer, R. ; Orecchia, R. ; Pötter, R. ; Vatnitsky, S. ; Chu, W. T.
Henkner, K. ; Winter, M. ; Echner, G. ; Ackermann, B. ; Brons, S. ; Horn, J. ; Jäkel, O. ; Karger, C.
Dreher, C. ; Habermehl, D. ; Ecker, S. ; Brons, S. ; El-Shafie, R. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Combs, S. E.
Uhl, M. ; Mattke, M. ; Welzel, T. ; Roeder, F. ; Oelmann, J. ; Habl, G. ; Jensen, A. ; Ellerbrock, M. ; Jäkel, O. ; Haberer, T. ; Herfarth, K. ; Debus, J.
Uhl, M. ; Edler, L. ; Jensen, A. D. ; Habl, G. ; Oelmann, J. ; Röder, F. ; Jäkel, O. ; Debus, J. ; Herfarth, K.
Rinaldi, I. ; Brons, S. ; Jäkel, O. ; Voss, B. ; Parodi, K.
Rinaldi, I. ; Brons, S. ; Jäkel, O. ; Voss, B. ; Parodi, K.
Höss, A. ; Lampe, C. ; Panse, R. ; Ackermann, B. ; Naumann, J. ; Jäkel, O.