Jan Rybniker

Professor and Head of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Cologne

Jan Rybniker earned an MD-PhD in bacterial genetics in Cologne, where he also completed training in internal medicine and infectious diseases. After a postdoctoral fellowship at EPFL in antimycobacterial drug discovery, he returned to Cologne and is now professor and head of infectious diseases, focusing on host-pathogen interactions and antimicrobial drug discovery.