Dr. Spyratou is a senior researcher at Department of Applied Medical Physics of Medical School at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has graduated from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Dr. Spyratou has finished the MSc Diploma in “Nanosystems and Nanodevices”, with a scholarship from the NTUA. She has obtained her Ph.D. degree from the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the National and Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She has high experience in the development of biophotonic set-ups, the manipulation of various biostructures, e.g. cells and tissues, and the characterization of their biophysics and biomechanical properties.