Professor Mueller obtained his medical degree from the University of Munich, Germany, and performed his postgraduate training in internal medicine, intensive care medicine, and cardiology in Germany and Switzerland. With the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Heart Foundation, he was able to establish his own research group at Basel University Hospital in 2000. His research aims to improve the early diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disorders, particularly heart failure and myocardial infarction. He was awarded a SNF professorship at Basel University in 2004, and promoted to full professor in 2011. Dr. Mueller is co-founder and director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), member of several ESC experts committees, president of the GREAT network, and associate editor for the European Heart Journal. he has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed publications. He particularly enjoys to supporting and mentoring young physician scientists