Dr. Stoppe, Professor at Würzburg University (Germany), assists in developing and leading our international clinical trials in the field of nutrition. Together with Dr. Heyland and his international collaborators, he has built an international clinical research trial group (nutritionCSX network) for several interventional nutrition studies and received several grants from DFG (German Research Foundation) and other funding agencies. His research focuses on nutrition studies (including micro- & macronutrients, perioperative optimization strategies & risk assessment…), translational studies and organ protective strategies with special focus on cardiac surgery, severely burn and critically ill patients. Dr. Stoppe has >170 publications, has given many talks at international congresses and repeatedly serves as lecturer for international courses on nutrition and metabolism. Furthermore, he functions a member of the German Nutrition Guidelines Committee and for the Canadian Critical Care Nutrition clinical practice guidelines group.