Gerhard Kraft

Gerhard Kraft (29 October 1941 – 18 March 2023) was a German physicist, best known for introducing heavy ion cancer therapy in Europe.

He was the founder and director of the Biophysics Department at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt (Germany).

Gerhard Kraft introduced it in Europe, with two significant innovations: raster scanning and biological treatment planning.

[2] Kraft got his PhD at the University of Cologne with a study of energy loss of carbon ions in matter.

[4] Since 1981 he started his work on heavy-ion radiobiology and radiotherapy at GSI, and the treatment room was completed in 1997.