Joppe Hovius is Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Amsterdam UMC, Director of the Amsterdam Institute for Immunology & Infectious diseases, and a globally recognized expert in Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne diseases. For almost three decades, he has combined clinical care, translational research, and public health leadership to improve diagnostics, treatment, and prevention of tick-borne illnesses. He directs the Amsterdam Multidisciplinary Lyme Center and leads several national and European consortia, including initiatives on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and anti-tick vaccine development. His research spans from controlled human infection models to high-throughput immunoprofiling and mRNA vaccine strategies. Dr. Hovius is also committed to education, actively teaching students and healthcare providers, participating in a national e-learning program on Lyme borreliosis, and having co-authored a book on ticks and tick-borne diseases for the general public.

Fun fact: Despite studying tick-borne pathogens for years, Joppe still gets bitten now and then in the summer and blames it on his children’s love of the outdoors.