diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b9f171b..2b484ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Version 3.1.3
 -------------
+- Add a RegionMap conversion to Pandas DataFrame (#6)
 - Add a function to compute the spatial intersection of a line-segment with a VoxelData object (#11)
 
 Version 3.1.1
diff --git a/tests/test_region_map.py b/tests/test_region_map.py
index 25fa858..9025da4 100644
--- a/tests/test_region_map.py
+++ b/tests/test_region_map.py
@@ -7,27 +7,33 @@
 from voxcell.exceptions import VoxcellError
 
 TEST_RMAP = test_module.RegionMap.from_dict({
-    'id': 1,
-    'name': 'A',
-    'fullname': 'aA',
+    'id': -1,
+    'name': 'root',
+    'fullname': 'The Root Node',
     'children': [
         {
-            'id': 2,
-            'name': 'B',
-            'fullname': 'Bb',
-        },
-        {
-            'id': 3,
-            'name': 'C',
-            'fullname': 'cC',
-            'children': [
-                {
-                    'id': 4,
-                    'name': 'B',
-                    'fullname': 'bB',
-                }
-            ]
-        }
+        'id': 1,
+        'name': 'A',
+        'fullname': 'aA',
+        'children': [
+            {
+                'id': 2,
+                'name': 'B',
+                'fullname': 'Bb',
+            },
+            {
+                'id': 3,
+                'name': 'C',
+                'fullname': 'cC',
+                'children': [
+                    {
+                        'id': 4,
+                        'name': 'B',
+                        'fullname': 'bB',
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]}
     ]
 })
 
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ def test_get_basic():
 
 
 def test_get_with_ascendants():
-    assert TEST_RMAP.get(4, 'name', with_ascendants=True) == ['B', 'C', 'A']
+    assert TEST_RMAP.get(4, 'name', with_ascendants=True) == ['B', 'C', 'A', 'root']
 
 
 def test_get_missing_attribute():
@@ -160,3 +166,15 @@ def test_is_leaf_id():
 def test_is_leaf_id_non_existing_id():
     with pytest.raises(VoxcellError):
         TEST_RMAP.is_leaf_id(0)  # non-existing id
+
+
+def test_as_datafram():
+    df = TEST_RMAP.as_dataframe()
+    assert df.loc[-1].parent_id == -1
+    assert df.loc[1].parent_id == -1
+    assert df.loc[2].parent_id == 1
+    assert df.loc[3].parent_id == 1
+    assert df.loc[4].parent_id == 3
+
+    assert df.loc[1]['name'] == 'A'
+    assert df.loc[1]['fullname'] == 'aA'
diff --git a/voxcell/region_map.py b/voxcell/region_map.py
index 7fb2c0d..ade1cd3 100644
--- a/voxcell/region_map.py
+++ b/voxcell/region_map.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import logging
 import re
 
+import pandas as pd
+
 from voxcell.exceptions import VoxcellError
 
 L = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -125,6 +127,20 @@ def is_leaf_id(self, _id):
             raise VoxcellError(f"Region ID not found: {_id}")
         return not self._children[_id]
 
+    def as_dataframe(self):
+        """Converts a region_map to a dataframe.
+
+        Returns:
+            pd.DataFrame with an index of the id of the node,
+            and columns based on the data within the map, and a parent_id
+
+        Note: the 'root' node should have a parent value of -1
+        """
+        ret = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(self._data, orient='index').set_index('id')
+        parents = {k: v if v is not None else -1 for k, v in self._parent.items()}
+        ret['parent_id'] = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(parents, orient='index')
+        return ret
+
     def _get(self, _id, attr):
         """Fetch attribute value for a given region ID."""
         if _id not in self._data: