Wolfgang Bäumer has been Professor and Executive Director at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Freie Universität in Berlin since July 2017. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany in 1999 and his postdoctoral lecture qualification (Dr. med. vet. habil.) for Pharmacology and Toxicology in 2007. He was endowed Associate Professor for Veterinary Dermato-pharmacology in Hannover from 2008 to 2012. Then he became Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State University, USA (2013–2017, tenure awarded in April 2017). The research focus of his group is in the field of immune pharmacology. Currently, pharmacological targets like the histamine H4 receptor and JAK–STAT-inhibitors are being studied with an emphasis on treating allergic skin diseases and their associated itch.