Ulrich Pfeffer has held the position of Senior Staff Scientist at IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, since 2013. He earned his Master's degree from Free University Berlin in 1983 and his PhD from the same institution in 1987. In 2013, he achieved the title of Habilitation full professor in Molecular Biology and General Pathology from the Ministry of Education, University and Research. His work focuses on cancer genomics and proteomics, with a particular interest in identifying drug targets and prognostic classifiers for breast cancer, uveal melanoma, and laryngeal carcinoma. He is also involved in research on cancer chemoprevention, specifically curcumin, to match the molecular makeup of cancer with the molecular mechanisms of action of chemopreventive compounds. Additionally, he teaches bioinformatics and serves on the board of the Ph.D. program in biotechnology at the University of Genoa.