Pierre Ronco is Emeritus Professor at Sorbonne Université in Paris. He is a clinical investigator with international expertise in glomerular diseases. He received the Jean Hamburger award (ISN), the prize for outstanding basic research (ERA-EDTA), and the Doctor Honoris Causa of Louvain University. He is a member of the Academia Europeae and the French and Belgium Academy of Medicine. He served as President of the Francophone Society of Nephrology and of the 49th ERA-EDTA congress (Paris, 2012). He chaired or co-chaired the Programme Committee of 4 World Congresses of Nephrology (Madrid, Milan, Cape Town, Mexico). He is currently serving as the Editor in Chief of Kidney International.