Marco Durante (physicist)

Marco Durante (born in 1965 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian physicist, recognized as an expert in the fields of radiobiology and medical physics in charged particle therapy.

He developed a new method for biodosimetry of charged particles in order to estimate the late risks of patient undergoing radiotherapy, as well as to predict the consequences of long-term exposures for the astronauts.

He was previously director of TIFPA in Trento and is a member of the scientific committee of the Italian National Centre of Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO, Pavia, Italy).

After studying physics, in 1992, Durante got his PhD in radiation biophysics at the University of Naples Federico II with a fellowship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

[4] Currently, Durante's research efforts are directed toward the optimization of charged particle therapy, mainly focusing on reducing the costs and increasing the benefits of this treatment.