Biographical note

Aleksander Krag is a clinical specialist in gastrointestinal and liver diseases where he is Professor and Head of Hepatology at University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital. He is also Director for Centre for Liver Research. Professor Krag is educated from University of Copenhagen, where he also obtained his PhD degree. In addition he has studied leadership and innovation at Harvard Business School. Professor Krag is involved in several international research consortia in the field, including being Coordinator in Galaxy, a Horizon 2020 funded project on gut-liver interactions in liver diseases. He has been invited speaker for scientific meetings in more than 20 different countries and published more than 130 papers on clinical aspects of chronic liver disease. He has for long served in the Scientific Committee of the Baveno Group and the Executive Committee of the International Club of Ascites, to promote research in the fieldand develop international guidelines.