Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; ESCMID President
Robert is a medical doctor from University of Copenhagen and specialist in clinical microbiology. He works as senior consultant for the director of Epidemic Disease Preparedness at Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen Denmark and is the current President for the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).
Robert has worked on antimicrobial resistance throughout his career with more than 25 years’ experience as a Public Health microbiologist. From 2019 – 2024 he was the scientific lead of the International Centre for Antimicrobial resistance Solutions (ICARS). He has served as Danish AMR focal point at ECDC, member of the EUCAST steering committee, the EMA Expert Group (AMEG), and Danish and international expert groups on AMR including One Health cross sectorial committees. He is a member of ESGS and since 2020 he is board member of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and President of ESCMID since May 2024. His research has mainly focused on S. aureus inclusive MRSA detection, resistance mechnisms and epidemiology as well as AMR testing, he has published +230 peer reviewed papers.