Ingo Autenrieth is Chief Medical Director and Chair of the Management Board at Heidelberg University Hospital. He is a specialist in microbiology , virology and infection epidemiology . His clinical-scientific focus is on new diagnostic methods, antibiotic resistance and microbiological analysis. He has been a leader in numerous DFG- and BMBF-funded research collaborations, most recently in 2019 as a co-spokesperson and PI in the DFG-funded NGS Competence Center Tübingen (NCCT) and in the CMFI Cluster of Excellence “Control of Microorganisms to Fight Infections” at the University of Tübingen.