Dr Mania Aspradakis studied physics in Greece and completed her PhD in medical radiation physics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She trained as clinical scientist in radiotherapy at the Regional Medical Physics Department in Newcastle upon Tyne in England. She currently works in Switzerland as head of radiotherapy physics for the institute of radiation oncology at the cantonal hospital of Graubünden. Her main research interests and contributions so far have focused on beam modelling and dosimetry. She teaches on the ESTRO School, has contributed as consultant to IAEA missions and to working groups for medical physics societies (IPEM, AAPM, SSRMP).