Andreas Peschel studied Biology and obtained Diploma and PhD degrees in Microbiology from the University of Tübingen in Germany. He held postdoctoral positions in the labs of Friedrich Götz in Tübingen and of Jos van Strijp in Utrecht (The Netherlands) between 1995 and 2000 focusing on Staphylococcus aureus cell wall and host/pathogen interaction. He joined the Faculty of Biology in Tübingen 2000 as an Assistant Professor, passed the Habilitation degree in 2002 and moved to the Medical Microbiology and Hygiene Department as a Professor of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology in 2003. His lab studies staphylococcal biology with special interests in teichoic acids, evasion of antimicrobial defense mechanisms, and proinflammatory bacterial molecules. Andreas Peschel co-founded the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine at the University of Tübingen (IMIT) in 2009.