Vuk Savkovic received his M.Sc. in Genetics from Belgrade University in 2000 and his Ph.D. from Leipzig University in 2005. He was involved in translational research of hair follicle regenerative potential as principal investigator at the Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Leipzig from 2009 to 2016, focused on the cultivation of melanocytes and keratinocytes from hair follicles for the purposes of treating vitiligo and wound healing. Since 2016, he has been a scientific and translational director at the Saxon Incubator for Clinical Translation, mainly working on hair follicle stem cells, wound healing, skin cells for clinical applications, and cardiovascular grafts based on HF stem cells. His current affiliation is Head of Research, Department of Cranial Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Leipzig University Clinic.