Asst. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Arnhold (Visiting Scientist) was born in 1951 in Leipzig, Germany. From 1969 to 1974 he studied biology and biophysics at Moscow State University, Russia, where he received his diploma. From 1974 to 2016 he worked at the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Germany. Since 2003 he has been an Associate Professor at this Institute. During this time, he has been deeply involved in the education of students of human medicine, stomatology, pharmacy, biochemistry, and biology in physics. Since 2017 he has held the position of a Visiting Scientist. His major scientific interests concern the investigation of the biochemical and redox properties of heme proteins, the involvement of heme proteins in pathobiochemistry and pathophysiology, the biological oxidation of halides and thiocyanate, the generation of reactive species by immune cells, the investigation of the balance between host-derived cytotoxic agents and antagonizing principles, and basic principles of inflammation as well as disease progression. He is the author and coauthor of more than 220 scientific publications.