Nienke Wassenaar (1995) studied Technical Medicine at the University of Twente and obtained her Master’s (medical imaging and interventions) in 2019. The following year, she began a PhD project within the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the Amsterdam UMC. Her research focuses on the application of quantitative MRI techniques to pancreatic cancer (ASAP study) and liver diseases. In 2024, she was awarded a grant from the Cancer Center Amsterdam, enabling her to continue her work in research with a special focus on liver function measurements with quantitative MRI.