JanWillem Duitman is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC. He is an expert on the biology of pulmonary fibrosis and the underlying mechanisms with a focus on the role of fibroblasts and alveolar type II cells. He received his M.S. at the University of Exeter and his Ph.D. at the Academisch Medisch Centrum Universiteit van Amsterdam. After that, he was a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam, Academisch Medisch Centrum, and Paris Diderot University. He is also a member of the European Respiratory Society and the Netherlands Respiratory Society.