Prof Marco Durante obtains the 2023 Henry S Kaplan award
Professor Marco Durante has been recognised with the 2023 Henry S Kaplan Award by the International Association for Radiation Research (IARR).
The Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist Award was established in 1985 by the IARR and it is presented every four years to a scientist who exhibits outstanding contributions to radiation research in the fields of biology, chemistry, medicine or physics. The award was presented at the International Congress of Radiation Research in Montreal, Canada in August 2023
Professor Durante is the Director of the Biophysics Department at GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research which has had a leading role in OMA through Professor Christian Graeff as a member of the network's Steering Committee. He is internationally renowned for his studies in charged particle therapy, cosmic radiation, radiation cytogenetics, and radiation biophysics. Currently, Durante's research efforts are directed toward the optimization of charged particle therapy, mainly focusing on reducing the costs and increasing the benefits of this treatment.
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This article is based on: https://radconnections.org/2023/08/28/marco-durante-2023-kaplan-award-winner/