Dr. Paul M.L. Janssen completed his Ph.D. studies in Medical Physiology at Utrecht University in 1997. Since 2002, he has worked at the Ohio State University Medical Center as a Professor. Prior to this, he accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at the Albert-Ludwigs University and Georg-August University in Germany. His current research interest is mainly focused on the mechanisms that govern and impact cardiac relaxation in health and disease. He is multiple-awarded and a member of several societies, including the American Physiological Society, the Biophysical Society, and the International Society for Heart Research. He has 243 publications with 9332 citations and an h-index of 51 (Scopus, 24 November 2023).