Frank Redegeld studied Pharmacochemistry at the Free University, Amsterdam. He obtained his PhD at the Department of Pharmacology, Fac. Pharmacy, Utrecht University (1989). He received a Fogarty Fellowship to work as a postdoctoral researcher (1989-1992) at the Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA (PI: M.V. Sitkovsky). As a recipient of a KNAW Fellowship (1992-1997) he returned to the Utrecht University (Dept. Pharmacology, Fac. Pharmacy, Utrecht University). In 1997 he became an assistant professor and in 2002 associate professor at the same department. In 2012, he spent a 6 month sabbatical period as Visiting Scientist at the Molecular Immunology Section (PI: Juan Rivera), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, USA. He is an elected member of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA). His current research interests involve the molecular mechanisms of cellular activation in chronic inflammatory diseases with a strong focus on mast cells.