Prof. Dr. Simon Lebek is a Professor of Internal Medicine, Experimental Cardiology, and Gene Editing in the Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. He received his doctoral degree in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Lars S. Maier, studying myocardial function and pathology in various cardiovascular disorders. After completing his habilitation in Experimental Internal Medicine, Dr. Lebek was a postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Eric N. Olson at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) in Dallas, USA. His translational research topics include CRISPR-Cas gene editing and investigating pathomechanisms in heart failure, arrhythmias, and sleep-disordered breathing.