Biography

Margarethus (Maarten) Paulides is Full Professor and Chair of the Care & Cure research lab (EM4C&C) of the Electromagnetics group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). In addition, he is Scientific Director of the Center for Care and Cure Technology Eindhoven (C3Te) of the departments Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics of TU/e. In this role, Paulides facilitates and stimulates applied cross-disciplinary research for Care & Cure applications. He is also affiliated as Associate Professor to the Department of Radiation Oncology at Erasmus MC Cancer Institute in Rotterdam.

A main theme in Paulides' career has been the development and validation of applications for hyperthermia to enhance the effectiveness of cancer treatment on head and neck tumors. Hyperthermia has the ability to increase the effectiveness of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments, or to reduce side effects by allowing the same effectiveness at a reduced radiation or chemotherapy dose. This is very important in head and neck tumors, since they form in an anatomically very fragile and complex area of the body. In his early career, he focused on developing hyperthermia equipment, but over the years his focus has shifted to electromagnetics in biomedical applications with specific interest in MRI-guided interventions and assessment of clinical benefit. His work resulted in novel hyperthermia applicators, patient-specific simulation technology and pioneering data for improving electromagnetic exposure guidelines. Paulides specializes in electromagnetic simulations, antenna design, hyperthermia technology, magnetic resonance imaging and MR-guided intervention. Validation has always been a focus point of his, leading to expertise in clinical studies and treatment assessment.

Academic background
Maarten Paulides holds an MSc degree in Electrical Engineering (2002) from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and a PhD (cum laude, the highest honor in the NLs) in Health and Medical Physics (2007) from Erasmus University Rotterdam. After obtaining his PhD, Paulides stayed at Erasmus University, as subsequently research associate, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. In 2018, he returned to TU/e as Associate Professor and Full Professor in 2021. In November 2018, he became director of the Center for Care and Cure Technologies Eindhoven (C3Te), part of TU/e. Throughout his career, Paulides has served many times as committee member, visiting researcher, adviser and was Scientific Expert Group member of ICNIRP. He currently serves in the Dutch Health Council, leads a workpackage in COST action CA17115 (“MyWave”) and co-founded Sensius, a startup in hyperthermia cancer treatment technology.