Professor Thomas Bieber is Professor and Chair in the Department of Dermatology and Allergy at the University of Bonn, Germany. He is project leader of the Christine Kühne–Center for Allergy Research and Education. He is honorary Professor for Dermatology at the Third Military Medical University of Chongqing, China.

Professor Bieber received his degrees in medicine (MD) and biology (PhD) from the University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. He then earned a master’s degree in drug regulatory affairs (MDRA at the University of Bonn), achieving special expertise in preclinical and clinical drug development strategies, as well as in legal and market access aspects of drug approval. He has special expertise in translational and precision medicine approaches for skin diseases.

In addition to clinical dermatology and allergy, Professor Bieber’s scientific focus includes immunobiology of dendritic cells, specifically their role in atopic dermatitis (AD) and their interactions with the microbiome.

Professor Bieber has authored or coauthored more than 600 original publications and review articles and more than 100 book chapters. He has also authored or coauthored several books on AD and precision medicine. He was chief editor of Allergy, the official journal of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences.

Among the honors: the distinguished Heisenberg Fellowship from the German Research Council, the Karl-Hansen-Award from the German Society of Allergy, the Pharmacia International Research Award, and the Gold Medal of the Foundation for Allergy Research in Europe. He has been invited to many distinguished lectureships, such as the Robert Cooke Memorial Lectureship by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (USA), the Bruno Bloch Memorial Lectureship from the University of Zürich (Switzerland), the Karl Herxheimer Memorial Lectureship from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, and the international Dohi Memorial Lecture from the Japanese Society for Dermatology.