Professor Stanley Brul holds a chair in molecular biology and microbial food safety at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He is the director of the College of Life Sciences at the UvA, which organizes the university’s undergraduate Biology, Psychobiology, and Biomedical Sciences programs. In the latter position, he coordinates the Medical Biochemistry and Biotechnology track and has supervised numerous MSc graduates as well as 27 PhD students to the completion of their doctorate. Stanley Brul published approximately 200 papers and has an H-index of 52. He has chaired many Life Sciences education evaluation committees and was also on many national and international research evaluation committees. Currently, Professor Brul is a member of the Dutch Biology Council and spearheads the national investment (sector)plan Biology. His recent research centers on the behavior of microbial species in complex environments, most specifically, in the oral and gut microbiome with their associated microbiota. The research group at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences boasts many collaborations, with basic scientists enabling complex data analysis and live imaging approaches, as well as groups at the Amsterdam Medical Center. In a clinical context, the focus is on inflammatory bowel disease, neurological disorders including major depressive disorder, and diseases of the oral cavity.