Sebastian Wicha

University of Hamburg, Germany

Sebastian Wicha is a leading the research group Clinical Pharmacy at the Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Germany. His research group aims to improve and individualize drug therapy by means of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic and pharmacometric techniques with a special focus on anti-infectives. In this field, he has published >90 peer-reviewed papers. His research group has expertise in bioanalysis, pharmacometric data analysis, and develops open-access web-based software to foster model-informed precision dosing (TDMx.eu). Sebastian is Associate Editor at the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (IJAA), and served as President (term 2020-2022) of the International Society of Anti-Infective Pharmacology (ISAP) and since 2019 as Education officer of the PK/PD study group of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). He is an external expert for pharmacometrics for the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).