Dr Papan studied medicine in Innsbruck and Paris and graduated in 2010. He completed his specialization in paediatrics at the Hauner Children’s Hospital in Munich in 2016, after which he did a fellowship in paediatric infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University. Currently, Dr Papan is pursuing his training in clinical microbiology at the Saarland University. He serves as a member to the Committee for Education in the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. His research interests include host biomarkers and their clinical utility in differentiating bacterial from viral infections, whole-genome sequencing based pathogen diagnostics, and conducting and assessing antimicrobial stewardship interventions in various healthcare settings.