Prof. Dr. Mathias Pletz is a Chair at the Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital. He received his MD from Universität Leipzig in 2000. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Resident at the Department of Chest and Infectious Diseases, City Hospital Heckeshorn, Berlin, Germany. From 2003 to 2005, he was a Guest Researcher at the Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA, and a Postdoc at the Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA. From 2005 to 2010, he was a Physician at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hannover Medical School. He received the Kass Award of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Respiratory Infections Award of the European Respiratory Society in 2003. His research interests include sepsis and pneumonia, antibiotic resistance, vaccination, and biofilms.