Stavroula Baka, MD, PhD, is Professor of Microbiology at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Head of the Biopathology Department of Aretaieion University Hospital, Athens, Greece. She trained in microbiology, biochemistry, immunology and hematology in Aretaieion University Hospital, and was a Research Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA. Her main research interests focus on general microbiology, genital tract infections, sexually transmitted infections and biochemistry. She is member of four international and 12 national societies, has published over 100 original peer-reviewed papers, served as scientific reviewer for 24 journals, and mentor to over 50 trainees in microbiology and biopathology, who are researching their doctoral theses.