Prof. Dr. Stephanie E. Combs  studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, with intermittent studies abroad at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA and the University of Texas (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA. After receiving her doctorate in 2003, she worked as a research associate in Heidelberg. In 2009, she finished her habilitation. In 2011, she was working as a senior physician at the Department of Radiation Oncology at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. Since 2014, Prof. Dr. Combs has been the director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at TUM, Munich, Germany and since 2015 she has been the director of the Institute of Radiation Medicine at Helmholtz Munich.  In 2019, Prof. Dr. Combs became Chair of the Senate at TUM. Stephanie E. Combs is a leading expert in the field of radiation oncology. Her central expertise is high-precision radiation therapy (stereotaxy, IMRT/IGRT/ART, protons/heavy ions), radiobiology, and combination therapies with radiation. Her scientific work includes therapy optimization of brain and skull base tumours, biomarkers in radioecology, pediatric oncology, gastrointestinal oncology, uro-oncology, gynecologic oncology, radiochemotherapy and radioimmunotherapy.