Paul H. M. Savelkoul PhD

Paul H.M. Savelkoul is head of the department medical microbiology of the Maastricht university medical center, Maastricht. He is appointed as a Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University Maastricht and at the VU University medical center, Amsterdam. He studied Medical Biology at the university of Utrecht and earned his PhD on adhesion factors of Bordetella in 1992 at the veterinary faculty, University of Utrecht.

His research expertise is focused on molecular diagnostics, detection and typing of pathogenic microbial species and molecular epidemiology. He has also been highly active in identifying risk factors contributing to pathogenic infections and in identifying and characterizing antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, which are a serious concern for hospitals worldwide.