Petros Kalendralis

Petros Kalendralis was born in Greece on August 13th 1991. In 2009 he started his Bachelor of Science in Physics at the University of Ioannina in Greece. In 2015 he joined the 424 military hospital of Thessaloniki in Greece as a trainee in Medical Physics in combination with his military obligatory service. In 2016, he started his Master degree in Medical Physics at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. During his master, he focused in radiotherapy and specifically, he showed interest in the investigation of different novel treatment techniques for breast cancer. In 2017, he joined the Clinical Data Science research group of MAASTRO clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands as a clinical data engineer, where he had the chance to develop skills in statistical modelling based on imaging biomarkers (radiomics).

In 2019, he transitioned to a PhD trajectory within the Clinical Data Science research division of MAASTRO clinic and Maastricht University. His research focuses on the implemen-tation of Artificial Intelligence applications in radiotherapy and the role of the FAIR principles in medical imaging, machine learning prediction models and quality assurance of radiotherapy treatment planning. During his PhD, he obtained two travel grants (European Society of Radiation Oncology-ESTRO and European Nuclear Education Network-ENEN awards) and participated to international conferences (such as ESTRO and European Con-ference of Medical Physics) presenting his research. He has established collaborations with international radiotherapy centres such as the University of Washington Medical Centre in Seattle and the radiotherapy department of Greater Poland Cancer Centre in Poznan Po-land (research visit funded by ESTRO). Next to his research activities, since July 2020 for two years, he was a representative of the GROW PhD students in the GROW council aim-ing to promote the interests of the PhD students within the GROW institute. Furthermore, he was an active member of the Faculty PhD Committee (FPC) of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) of Maastricht University. He currently works as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Clinical Data Science research division of MAASTRO clinic and Maastricht University. His main research focuses on the development of AI algorithms related to radiation oncology outcomes, FAIR data and automated data curation.