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Curriculum Vitae
Sophie Huijskens was born on July 12, 1988 in Leidschendam (The Netherlands) and was raised in Voorschoten. After graduating from the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 2006, she started the bachelor program Life, Science and Technology at the University of Groningen, with a Major in Biomedical Engineering. In 2011, she started the master program Biomedical Engineering, with a specialization in Clinical Physics, and a close collaboration with the University Medical Center Groningen. As a part of her master education, she carried out her graduation research project at the MRI Research Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada). She performed her master’s internship project at the department of Radiation Oncology at the Amsterdam UMC, location AMC. Sophie also followed the Master’s Honours program at the University of Groningen. After obtaining her master’s degree, she started in October 2014 her PhD research at the department of Radiation Oncology at the Amsterdam UMC, location AMC. This thesis is the result of the four years of research during her PhD project. Recently, she had the opportunity to collaborate with the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center in Japan, which was funded by the Ter Meulen Grant from The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Currently Sophie is continuing her research as a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam UMC, location AMC.
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