Dr. Marilou Cadatal-Raduban is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University’s School of Natural Sciences in Auckland, New Zealand. She is also a Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Osaka University Institute of Laser Engineering in Japan. Dr. Cadatal-Raduban obtained her PhD degree in Physics from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Japan. Her research interests include modelling of material properties using density functional theory; numerical and experimental characterization of solid-state sensors and scintillators based on crystals, glasses, and thin films; effects of ionizing radiation on material properties; development of semiconductor and wide band gap photodetectors; and spectroscopy of optical materials. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Applied Sciences journal and a member of the Reviewer Board of the Micromachines journal.