Gerd Wagner graduated from Jena University Hospital and holds his Ph.D. and Habilitation from the same place. He is currently a Senior Researcher and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Germany. He leads the research group “Suicidology” at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and is head of the Network for Suicide Prevention in Thuringia (NeST). His research mainly focuses on the identification of specific markers associated with suicidal behavior using functional and structural brain imaging and biochemistry, as well as conducting neuropsychological experiments on suicide attempters. He is also developing and implementing specific psychotherapeutic treatment programs for patients after a suicide attempt to prevent future attempts.