Aleksander Krag, MD, PhD, MBA is Professor and Department Chair, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Odense University Hospital, Director of Centre for Liver Research (FLASH) Odense University Hospital and DIAS Chair of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark. He also served as Vice-Secretary and then as  Secretary General of European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL) 2021-2025. Aleksander Krag is involved in and hold leader positions in a number of large research collaborations in liver diseases, including being director of FLASH: Fibrosis Fatty Liver and Steatohepatitis Research Centre Odense, PI in MicrobLiver, Coordinator in the H2020 project GALAXY: Gut and Liver Axis in Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis and partner and PI in the H2020/Horizon Europe projects MicrobPredict, LiverScreen, The International Human Microbiome Action and LiverAIM and PI in the Center of Excellence Center for Functional Genomics and Tissue Plasticity.