Marco Battestini is a PhD student at University of Trento, working on FLASH radiotherapy in the Bio-Medical Radiation physics (BiMeR) research group, between the Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA), a research center of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), the University of Trento and the Trento Proton Therapy Center, with an international collaboration with GSI (Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ions Research). In particular, he is focusing on understanding and optimization of physical parameters dependence for FLASH proton therapy scanning. He got the bachelor’s degree in physics at University of Trento in 2018. He achieved the master's degree in physics at University of Trento in 2021, with a thesis on including volume effects in treatment plan optimization for particle therapy.