Gerhard Kraft was born on 29 October 1941 in
Heidelberg. After a two year fellowship at the
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Berkeley, CA, US) Since 1981 he started his work on heavy-ion
radiobiology and
radiotherapy at GSI, and the treatment room was completed in 1997. The last patient was treated in 2008. Kraft died on 18 March 2023 in Heidelberg. == Awards ==