Prof. Dr. Matthias Kohl is a German mathematician and statistician who is known for his contributions to the asymptotic theory of robustness and robust statistics. He studied mathematics at the University of Bayreuth and earned his PhD in mathematics there in 2005. As a postdoc, he worked on problems related to the analysis of high-dimensional biological data and the development and validation of microarray-based predictive models. Currently, he is a Professor of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine at the Department of Medical and Life Sciences, Furtwangen University. There, one of his research areas is statistical methods for biomarker development and molecular diagnostics. He is a member of the Institute of Precision Medicine, head of the research group Data Science for Life Science, and a member of Baden-Württemberg Center of Applied Research (BW-CAR).