Prof. Dr. med. Jens Peter Klussmann is Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University Hospital of Cologne. He studied medicine in Düsseldorf and Cologne (graduating summa cum laude) and completed his specialist training in Cologne, with research stays at the Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre in Brisbane and the University of Iowa. In 2004, he habilitated with work on HPV diagnostics in head and neck cancer. From 2009 to 2018, he was Chair and Director in Giessen before returning to Cologne in 2018. Prof. Klussmann is a leading expert in HPV-associated head and neck cancer and has published over 500 scientific papers. He chairs the German Working Group Otolaryngology–Oncology of the German Cancer Society, is a member of numerous professional societies, and was elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2023. His research focuses on molecular oncology, biomarker development, and personalized treatment approaches for head and neck tumors.