Michael Roth received his PhD in cell biology from the University of Basel (Swittzerland) in 1985. He received his professorship in 1989 (University of Basel) and is now retired. He worked as a visiting professor at Sydney University (Australia) (1999–2001), at Xi'an University, PRC (2005-2006), and at Aristotle University Thessalonik, Greece (2012-2014). In 1988, was promoted to head pulmonary cell research (Dept Biomedicine, University Basel, Switzerland). His research topics mainly include asthma, COPD, remodeling, genetics, and primary human cell culture. Retired in August 2023.