Stefan Pöhlmann received his Ph.D. from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is professor of Infection Biology at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany, and Head of the Infection Biology Unit of the German Primate Center. He is interested in host-cell interactions and the pathogenesis of emerging viruses, including coronaviruses and influenza viruses, with a particular focus on viral entry into host cells.