Professor Beyer holds a PhD in Physics and is co-developer of the first combined PET/CT system worldwide. He has a background in research and project management in academia and imaging industry. In the late 90ies he joined Siemens/CTI PET Systems as an International PET/CT specialist and in 2002 he became a Research Associate in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology and PET/CT project manager at Essen University Hospital (Germany). After joining Philips Medical Systems as International Manager Clinical Science Nuclear Medicine, he then was appointed full professor of Physics of Medical Imaging at the Medical University of Vienna from March 2013. Professor Beyer is a founding member of the EANM Physics Committee.