Professor Dummer’s principal research interests are molecular biology, immunology and immunotherapy of cutaneous malignancies, including cutaneous lymphomas and melanomas. He has published more than 677 papers with a cumulative impact factor of more than 5787. He is a founding and board member of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), ESMO, EATI, URPP and past President of the European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR). In the last 20 years, he has developed a leading skin cancer center in Zurich. This center offers best medical care and a network of clinical trials reaching from phase I to phase III. Towards research translation, he has established numerous cooperations with basic research groups at the UZH and federal University (ETH). This has resulted in improving the understanding of cutaneous malignancies.