prof. A. (Alexander) Gerbershagen

Work Experience

Associate Professor – 2022-present

University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

·       Leading the Accelerator and Radiation Physics team of Particle Therapy Research Center (PARTREC).

·       Development of the research programme, securing of the funding

·       Leading the advancement of facility capabilities.

Beam Physicist (Staff) – 2017-2022

CERN, Beams Department, Meyrin, Switzerland

·       Management of beam lines for the fixed target experimental facilities and test beams (three beamlines, > 2 km total length)

·       Leadership of RF Separated Beam project (~60 MCHF budget)

·       Development of the beam lines for FLASH very high-energy electron therapy facility and for GaToroid gantry

·       Organization of collaborations between CERN Engineering Department and external institutions and universities

·       Lecturing to the graduate students at University of Oxford, CERN Summer School and FLUKA school

Research Fellow – 2013-2017

Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland

·       Leadership of PSI Gantry 3 beam line commissioning

·       Design of a superconducting gantry with a large momentum acceptance

·       Various research projects concerning beam intensity compensation, transmission optimization, beam monitor development, activation safety systems etc.

·       Review of PSI projects as a member of Technical Advisory Board

·       Lecturing to the graduate students at ETH Zurich

Doctoral Student – 2010-2013

CERN, Beams Department, Meyrin, Switzerland

·       Developing a beam phase stabilisation system for the potential future high-energy collider CLIC

·       Beam measurements and data analysis at the CLIC Test Facility 3

Tutor for mathematics – 2007-2008

University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

·       Teaching and mentoring up to 40 students

Education

2009-2013    Doctorate in Particle Physics

                      University of Oxford

 2008-2009    Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics

                      University of Cambridge          

2005-2008    Bachelor equivalent in Physics

                      University of Hamburg

Awards/Scholarships

2017         Prize for Extraordinary Achievements by Paul Scherrer Institute

2016         Author Award for Best Publication of the year by German Society for Medical Physics 

2010         Scholarship by CERN Doctoral Programme

2009         Scholarship by John Adams Institute, University of Oxford

2007         Scholarship by excellence initiative of Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

2005         Award and honorary membership by German Physical Society