Roberto Orecchia born in Turin, Italy, in 1952. He graduated from the University of Turin and in the post-doctoral period, he obtained degrees in Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology and Diagnostic Imaging at the same University. The first part of his career took place in Turin, up to 1994, when he moved to the University of Milan where he was Full Professor of Radiotherapy up to 2018 and currently holds the role of Emeritus Professor. During the same years he was also Head of the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences of the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, where from January 2015 he was also appointed Scientific Director, positions that he still maintains. From 2010 and along nine years, he has been also Scientific Director at the National Centre of Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), the only Centre in Italy that uses particle therapy with both protons and carbon ions to treat tumours. He has a long-time active presence in many scientific societies, is a Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Science, and was awarded by ESTRO Regaud Medail and Lifetime Achievement. He was and is strongly involved in many project researches as investigator or coordinator, funded at national and international level. His clinical and research activities focus on various fields of radiotherapy and oncology, from the beginning characterized by a strong interest in innovation. To date he has published 495 scientific articles in journals listed in the Pub-Med.