Sarah Baatout is the head of the Radiobiology Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium as well as guest professor in 3 Belgian Universities (UGent, KULeuven, UNamur). Her unit performs research on radiation on health in the various fields of Cancer biology, Space Biology, Biomarkers, Cardiovascular risks, Particle Therapy, Immunology, Developmental Biology and Neurosciences. She has a longstanding expertise in radiobiology, space biology and radiation medicine and is/has been involved in various EU and ESA projects. She went to Antarctica (Belgian Princess Elisabeth station) in 2017-18 to conduct health research on this space analogue platform. She is a member of the European Space Science Committee and of the Human spaceflight and Exploration Science Advisory Committee of ESA, secretary/treasurer of the Eur Radiat. Res. Soc.