Kimberly Kline is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. From 2011-2022, she was a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at NTU Singapore a Principal Investigator at SCELSE. Kimberly received an MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Northwestern University where she studied Type IV pilus antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. She completed postdoctoral training at Washington University in St. Louis and at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden where she began investigating the pathogenic mechanisms of Enterococcus faecalis. Current research interests of her group include the pathogenic mechanisms of polymicrobial biofilm-associated infections, including catheter-associated urinary tract infections, wound infections, and infectious endocarditis. Given the intrinsic phenotypic resistance of biofilms to antimicrobials, her team seeks to exploit their fundamental discoveries to identify new therapeutic intervention points for these difficult-to-treat infections.