Michael Folkerts
Sr. Research Scientist, Radiation Oncology Solutions
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Folkerts is a senior research scientist and software-driven physicist with 12 years of experience building translational solutions in radiation oncology, currently leading Flash research and systems engineering at Varian. He blends deep academic training (PhD in Physics, UC San Diego) with hands-on software and GPU-cluster engineering to move high-impact concepts like FLASH radiotherapy from lab to clinical-ready products and QA tools (FAST-01/02). A pragmatic team leader, he routinely partners with academic consortia and clinical sites to de-risk novel dose-rate technologies while shipping production-grade tooling. Equally comfortable in C/C++, Python, .NET, and cloud/container workflows, he has a track record of delivering end-to-end systems for treatment planning, dose QA, and translational research. Outside work he lists musician, husband, and father—an indication of creativity and discipline that informs his engineering leadership.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Github Skills (153)
python10
varian10
ffi10
rest-api10
eclipse10
rest10
pythonnet10
scripting10
esapi10
csharp10
webservice10
mono10
dotnet9
sdk9
api9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
VarianAPIs/PyESAPI
Nov 2017 - Aug 2022
Python interface to Eclipse Scripting API
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 97 commits in 4 years 9 months
eclipsepythonscriptingmedical-physics
VarianAPIs/VarianAPIs.github.io
Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
Varian Developer Community Home Page Source
Contributions:26 commits, 20 pushes, 1 issue in 11 months
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