Professor Michael Wink studied Biology in Bonn and Braunschweig, Germany. After post-doctoral work in Cologne and Munich he took up a professorship at the University of Mainz, Germany. Since 1989 Michael Wink has been Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Heideberg and was appointed Director of the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology in 2002. His scientific interests focus on bioactive natural products, pharmacology & toxicology of natural products, and molecular evolution. Professor Wink is author of numerous scientific papers and pharmaceutical biology books.