In 2016, veterinarian and microbiologist Katharina Schaufler obtained her doctorates (Dr. med. vet. and PhD) on the topic of antibiotic resistance under the expert supervision of Professor Lothar H. Wieler at the Free University of Berlin. Her academic journey in the context of an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship took her to Harvard Medical School in Boston, where she gained valuable experience under the guidance of Professor Michael S. Gilmore. As a microbiologist, she was appointed Junior Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Greifswald in 2019 and successfully acquired the BMBF junior research group "DISPATch_MRGN" in November 2020, which is endowed with over two million euros. In 2021, she accepted the call to the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, where she dedicated herself to medical microbiology. Today, she is head of the department "Epidemiology and Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance" at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health and a professor in Greifswald.

Katharina Schaufler is an experienced scientist in the field of antimicrobial resistance and is an integral part of an international network of experts. Her research activities are part of the holistic One Health approach, which uses state-of-the-art bioinformatics and molecular biology methods to pursue the overarching goal of taking a comprehensive view of human, animal and environmental health. The focus is not only on the elucidation of fundamental mechanisms for the development and transmission of infectious diseases, but also on the development of alternative strategies to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens. To realize her research vision, she successfully acquires a large number of third-party funded projects, wins prizes and publishes her scientific findings in renowned journals.