Andrea Denker

Prof. Andrea Denker holds the position of Professor of Accelerator Physics in Medicine at Berlin University of Technology and serves as Head of the Proton Therapy Department at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). Her research focuses on accelerator physics applications in medicine, including beam diagnostics, dosimetry, and theoretical calculations for accelerator facilities. She has been affiliated with HZB since 2007 and previously worked at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute's Ion Beam Laboratory since 1995. She completed her doctorate in Physics at the University of Stuttgart in 1994.

Research interests span advanced proton therapy techniques, cyclotron operations, and beam guidance systems. She supervises student theses on topics like neutron dose analysis and modernization of high-energy target sites.

Her academic career includes a postdoctoral fellowship at CSNSM, Orsay, France (1994). Presently, she contributes to both education and cutting-edge research at the intersection of physics and medical technology.