Matthias May, born in Berlin (Germany), is a professor of urology at St. Elisabeth Hospital Straubing (Bavaria, Germany). Additionally, he holds a teaching position at the Department of Urology, University of Regensburg (Bavaria, Germany). His primary professional focus is on operative urologic-oncologic surgery, including robotic-assisted procedures. He maintains a broad scientific interest in urology, particularly in developing prognostic prediction models (including biomarker-based) for various urologic cancers across diverse clinical settings. In recent years, his research has increasingly focused on translational projects involving penile, prostate, and bladder cancer. Prof. May has secured multiple grants for his research endeavors and has initiated/founded more than 30 multicenter studies. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed articles, serving as the first or senior author on most of them. Presently, his h-index stands at 49, with 8,546 citations to his work (i10-index: 194).