Stefano Aliberti has had over 170 peer-reviewed articles published in the field of respiratory infections over the past 15 years. He was a member of the task force that produced the ERS Guidelines on adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. He is currently an Associate Editor of ERJ Open Research, Respirology and Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. Stefano Aliberti has been heavily involved in the ERS over the past decade as Secretary of the Respiratory Infections Group, Secretary and Head of the Respiratory Infections Assembly, member of both the Research Agency and the Clinical Research Collaborations Working Group, and now as Curriculum Development Director. xii https://doi.org/10.1183/2312508X.10024918