Albert J. Augustin, MD, is Professor of Ophthalmology and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany. Prior to joining Klinikum Karlsruhe in 2001, he was Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Mainz, where his roles included Head of the Retina Section and Head of the Laboratory for Pathophysiology of the Eye. In 2010, Dr. Augustin received an Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His main areas of research include the pathobiochemistry and pathophysiology of oxidative damage to the eye, the biochemistry of tear fluid, the immunology of experimental lens-induced and autoimmune uveitis, and the immunology of Graefe’s disease. Dr. Augustin has published 160 original papers as author or co-author and is the author of previous Springer books, including Augenheilkunde (now in its third edition), as well as Nutrition and the Eye (Karger, 2004).