Marcus Miethke is a scientific coordinator of drug discovery and development projects in the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and in the department Microbial Natural Products (MINS) at Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), which is part of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). He is also network manager of the recently established JPIAMR-VRI initiative “International Research Alliance for Antibiotic Discovery and Development” (IRAADD). Marcus has an academic background in Biochemistry as well as Molecular and Medical Microbiology.