The Research Platform Medical Imaging (RPMI) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the latest recipients of the RPMI Mobility Award: Ines Lopez Martinez, Daniela Prinz, and Isabel Pugna. The recipients were announced during this year’s RPMI Festival on June 9 2026.
Through their achievements, initiative, and commitment to the field of medical imaging, the recipients have demonstrated the qualities the RPMI Mobility Award seeks to celebrate.
Beyond recognizing their accomplishments, the award also aims to encourage and empower emerging professionals as they continue to shape the future of medical imaging.
Ines Lopez Martinez, MSc, is a doctoral student in the PhD Program Medical Imaging at the Medical University of Vienna, where she conducts her research at the Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy. She obtained her Master's degree from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. During her Master's thesis, carried out under the supervision of Prof. Margret Schottelius, she specialised in the development and radiolabeling of peptide-based PET tracers. Since 2023, she has been pursuing her doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Thomas Wanek and Prof. Claudia Kuntner-Hannes. Her research focuses on the pharmacokinetic evaluation of novel radiolabeled platinum-based drugs for potential theranostic applications. Ines was awarded the RPMI Mobility Award for her participation in the European Society of Radiopharmacy and Radiochemistry (ESRR'26) meeting in Bergen, Norway.
Daniela Prinz, MSc, is a doctoral student in the PhD Program Medical Imaging at the Medical University of Vienna, working in the Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy. She holds a Master's degree in Medical Physics from Heinrich-Heine University (HHU) in Düsseldorf, Germany, which she completed after a Bachelor's degree in the same field, including Erasmus stays at the Universidad de Granada and the Université de Nantes. Her doctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Katja Pinker, Prof. Thomas Helbich and Prof. Martin Krššák focuses on deciphering breast cancer heterogeneity and tackling the hypoxic tumor microenvironment during treatment, combining Positron Emission Tomography / Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI), Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Mass Spectrometric Imaging (MALDI-MSI), Cytometry by Time of Flight (CyTOF) and Multi-Spectral Imaging to characterise treatment response in preclinical models. Daniela was awarded the RPMI Mobility Award for her contribution at this year's European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM) in Bilbao, Spain, entitled "Multiparametric [18F]FDG PET/MRI Enables Early NAC Response Assessment in Breast Cancer Xenografts." Most recently, she was awarded a Marshall Plan Scholarship, which will enable her to conduct a three-month research stay at Columbia University in New York, USA.
Isabel Pugna graduated in 2025 with a degree in medicine from the Medical University of Vienna, where she is currently pursuing a PhD at the Department of Neurology and at the Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy. In her research, she investigates epilepsy-related alterations in brain structure and function through multimodal neuroimaging. The RPMI Mobility and Conference Support Award will enable her participation in the 16th European Epilepsy Congress in Athens, Greece, where she will give an oral presentation on the impact of prenatal antiseizure medication exposure on fetal brain development.
Apply today for the next RPMI Mobility Award.
Funding Amount: up to €1,000 per recipient
Application deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
For eligibility criteria & application procedure, please visit: RPMI Mobility and Conference Support Grants 2026.