Evelina Tacconelli is full professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Verona, Italy and lecturer for Antimicrobial Resistance at the University of Tübingen, Germany. She is chair of the ESCMID European Committee of Infection Control (EUCIC), WHO consultant on antimicrobial resistance and infection control and Coordinator of several international projects on management of antibiotic-resistant infections.

In PACE-UP, Prof. Tacconelli  will be involved as the coordinator for all activities on Antimicrobial Resistance and infection control.