Tiago Matos started his medical degree in 2007 in Portugal, but soon after he moved to Czech Republic, UK, and to the USA, always in pursuit of greater career opportunities. While at Harvard Medical School, he led multiple translational studies on immunology, hematology, and dermatology. In 2016 he moved to Amsterdam to start a residency in Dermatology and concluded his Ph.D. being the first to ever receive the distinction cum laude within dermatology in Amsterdam. He focuses on characterizing regulatory and resident memory T cells. His work led to “a critical and groundbreaking redefinition of the cutaneous immune system” as described by The Scientist Magazine. Tiago has received numerous grants and published original articles in the most prominent journals including Nature. He currently holds several teaching, leadership, and management positions. Furthermore, he has a great interest in entrepreneurship, having won the 1st Prize of an Entrepreneurship Pitching contest, being Chief Medical Officer for tech-startups, and a senior consultant for clinical research organizations (CRO) and numerous pharmaceutical and cosmetical companies