Jürgen Margraf is Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and Senior Professor at the Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health at Ruhr University Bochum. In his main area of work, "Mental Health", he is particularly interested in the combination of causal and therapeutic research as well as the interaction of psychological, biological and social factors. His work has been manifested in over 500 publications as well as leading textbooks, clinical dictionaries and therapy manuals. Prof. Margraf was founding chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Psychotherapy of the Federal Republic of Germany, director of the Swiss National Research Center sesam (swiss etiological study of adjustment and mental health), president of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, and president of the German Psychological Society (DGPs). He is a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (National Academy of Sciences) and the Academia Europaea, and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. His work has been repeatedly honored, including the Franz Emanuel Weinert Award for his outstanding scientific achievements in anxiety research and the Young Members' Supervisor Award of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the DGPs for outstanding dissertation supervision. He was the first psychologist to receive the Humboldt Professorship, the most highly endowed German research award.