Oliver A. Cornely, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAAM, FECMM, is Professor and Chair of Translational Research at the CECAD Institute of the University of Cologne, Germany. He is also Scientific Director of the Center for Clinical Trials and Professor of Internal Medicine and Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne. Prof. Cornely is board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases, hematology, oncology, and emergency medicine. His research interest centers on infections in immunocompromised hosts. Prof. Cornely is a past President of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology. He currently serves on the Council of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology and on the Board of Directors of the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. He is founder and chair of the Infectious Diseases Scientific Working Group of the European Hematology Association. To date he has published over 600 peer-reviewed articles. He is an editorial board member for HemaSphere and Editor-in-Chief of Mycoses. 

Martin Hoenigl, MD, Ass. Prof., FECMM, holds a faculty position at the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and is a lecturer in the Section of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Austria. He obtained his venia docendi in internal medicine in 2012. Dr. Hoenigl has particular expertise in conducting research on clinical mycology, including fungal diagnostics and pharmacology of antifungal drugs and correlation with clinical findings. He is the current president of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology. He is also the founder of the ECMM Academy (together with Prof. Cornely) and since 2015 has served as an associate editor for the journal Mycoses. Dr. Hoenigl was awarded the Researcher of the Year award in 2011 at the Medical University of Graz, and in 2014 received the Research Promotion Award from the German Mycological Society. He is the author of over 200 PubMed-listed publications in the field of infectious diseases.