Dr. Malin Kugele | Microbeam Radiotherapy | Best Researcher Award
Clinic and Polyclinic for Radiotherapy | Rostock University | Germany
Dr. Malin Kugele is a distinguished Medical Physicist and researcher at the Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, and a research project participant at the Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Sweden. She earned her Ph.D. in Medical Radiation Physics from Lund University, following her Hospital Physicist Degree. Her doctoral thesis, Surface Guided Radiotherapy, explored innovations in real-time surface imaging systems to enhance patient positioning accuracy and treatment precision in modern radiotherapy. Dr. Malin Kugele ’s research focuses on surface-guided radiotherapy, motion management, deep inspiration breath hold, and FLASH radiotherapy, contributing significantly to improving clinical accuracy and patient safety. She has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals such as Radiotherapy and Oncology, Medical Physics, and Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, accumulating an h-index of 11 and over 545 citations. Dr. Malin Kugele has served on key international committees, including the ESTRO-ACROP guideline writing group for SGRT and the AAPM Task Group 302, and currently chairs the Swedish National Guidelines for Breathing Adapted Radiotherapy. She is also active in postgraduate supervision and international scientific outreach, frequently invited to lecture at major conferences including ESTRO, ASTRO, and AIFM. Her work continues to advance the field of precision radiotherapy through technological innovation, clinical application, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Featured Publication
Kügele, M., Mannerberg, A., Nørring Bekke, S., Alkner, S., Berg, L., Mahmood, F., Thornberg, C., Edvardsson, A., Bäck, S. Å. J., Behrens, C. F., & Ceberg, S. (2019). Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) improves breast cancer patient setup accuracy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 20(12), 61–68.
Freislederer, P., Batista, V., Öllers, M., Buschmann, M., Steiner, E., Kügele, M., et al. (2022). ESTRO-ACROP guideline on surface guided radiation therapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 173, 188–196.
Mannerberg, A., Kügele, M., Hamid, S., Edvardsson, A., Petersson, K., Gunnlaugsson, A., Bäck, S. Å. J., Engelholm, S., & Ceberg, S. (2021). Faster and more accurate patient positioning with surface guided radiotherapy for ultrahypofractionated prostate cancer patients. Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 19, 41–45.