Prof. Carl Erb is an APL professor at the Charité University Hospital, Berlin and senior physician at the eye clinic at Wittenbergplatz, Berlin, and the founding director of the private institute for applied ophthalmology in Berlin. He is both a member of the program committee and vice president of the glaucoma section of the German Ophthalmological Society. He is also a reviewer for several professional journals. His research portfolio includes glaucoma diagnosis and treatment, glaucoma surgery, glaucoma neurodegeneration, ocular microcirculation, color vision, and perimetry.