Jaap Wagenaar is Diplomate and Founding Member of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology. Jaap is professor in Clinical Infectious Diseases at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. The main topics of his research are on antimicrobial resistance and on Campylobacter. He is director of the WHO Collaborating Center for ‘Campylobacter and Antimicrobial Resistance from a One Health perspective’, and the WOAH-Reference Laboratory for Campylobacteriosis, and is acting frequently as expert for WHO, FAO and WOAH. In March 2023 Jaap received an Honorary Doctorate of Ghent University.