Dr. Jan Heyckendorf, 39 years old, was born in Hamburg. Since January 2022 Professor of Pneumology with a focus on chronic inflammatory lung diseases at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel and acting head of the Leibniz Lung Clinic at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel. Previously Deputy Medical Director of the Medical Clinic of the Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center (FZB). 2011 PhD, 2019 habilitation at the University of Lubeck.