Application of FLASH Effect for Light Ion Therapy and Development of Range Verification Methods

Kristaps Paļskis was born in 1995 in Koknese. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Physics and a Medical Technology Engineer qualification (2019), and a Master’s degree in Medical Physics (2020) from Riga Technical University (RTU). He has worked as a medical equipment engineer at the Latvian Oncology Centre Clinic of Therapeutic Radiology and Medical Physics, as well as at Arbor Medical Korporācija Ltd. Since 2021, he has been a researcher at the Riga Technical University Institute of Particle Physics and Accelerator Technologies. Currently, he is Head of the Manufacturing facility at NUCLEO Ltd and a medical physicist at the Latvian Oncology Centre Clinic of Therapeutic Radiology and Medical Physics. He was a student at CERN Summer School in 2021. From 2022 to 2024, he carried out his doctoral research as part of CERN Doctoral student programme. In 2024, he carried out part of his doctoral research at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) as a visiting student. He received a Certificate of Recognition from RTU in 2022. He has supervised five Bachelor’s qualification theses, one Master’s thesis and the research of two CERN Summer School students during his doctoral studies. His research interests are in the physics of radiation therapy and applications of particle accelerators in medicine – particle therapy, FLASH effect usage in therapy, verification methods for particle therapy, as well as modern approaches in conventional radiation therapy. He is also actively involved in theAdvanced Particle Therapy Centre for the Baltic States initiative, which aims to develop a modern scientific centre and particle therapy clinic in the Baltic States.