Mario Bauer is a Senior Scientist at the Health Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Environmental Immunology. He completed his diploma in Biochemistry from the Medical University of Moscow, and he completed his MD study and post-doc at the University of Leipzig. He received an additional master's degree in Toxicology from the University of Leipzig. His research mainly focuses on environmental epigenetics and aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling.