Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel

Qualifications and Career

Study in Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany	1983 - 1990
Scientific Assistant, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany	1989 - 1994
Doctorate 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 (Lecture qualification) 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
Chair 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	2017 - 2023
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 8^th 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
Chair of the Commission for Good Scientific Practice of the DKFZ	since 2024
Supervisor of one Habilitation as well as 31 Dissertations	2020 - 2025

Publications

2026 - Physics & Imaging in Radiation Oncology

ESTRO-EPTN guidelines for independent dose calculation and log file-based patient-specific quality assurance in scanned particle therapy

Grevillot, L. ; Jäkel, O. ; Qubala, A. ; Horn, J. ; Aitkenhead, A. H. ; Liang, X. ; Magro, G. ; Badraoui-Čuprová, K. ; Vilimovský, J. ; Wulff, J. ; Henkner, K. ; Clark, C. H. ; Skrijelj, D. ; Rinaldi, I. ; Souris, K. ; Rossomme, S. ; Lebbink, F. ; Hong, L. ; Krzempek, D. ; Menkel, S. ; Janson, M. ; Jensen, M. F. ; Gosling, A. ; Bäckström, G. ; Emert, F. ; Schwamm, F. ; Safai, S. ; Free, J. ; Guterres Marmitt, G. ; Bello Garrote, F. L. ; Stolarczyk, L. ; Vidal, M.

2026 - Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik

Review on carbon ion minibeam radiotherapy: Dosimetry, dynamic phantoms and radiobiology.

Stengl, C. ; Vedelago, J. ; Jäkel, O.

2026 - Radiotherapy and oncology

The European particle therapy network at 10 years: milestones achieved and the road ahead.

Weber, D. C. ; Langendijk, J. A. ; Safai, S. ; Jäkel, O. ; Lorentini, S. ; Høyer, M. ; Stock, M. ; Bolsi, A. ; Richter, C. ; Lomax, T. ; Sørensen, B. S. ; Lievens, Y. ; Blommestein, H. M. ; Troost, E. ; Simoes, R. ; Albertini, F. ; Populaire, P. ; Lühr, A. ; Georg, D. ; Grau, C.

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