Dr Katharina Richter is an enthusiastic biomedical scientist, dedicated to improve therapies against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and biofilms. She has global work and research stints in Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, New Zealand and Australia. A trained pharmacist she completed her PhD in medicine & applied microbiology in 2017 and started her own research group in 2019 at the University of Adelaide. Her group has two priorities: i) developing new treatments against biofilm infections and bringing them from bench to bedside, and ii) improving health literacy of the society by effective science communication through public speaking, science outreach activities and STEM workshops at schools.