Mervyn Singer is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University College London, UK. His research focusses primarily on sepsis, tissue oxygenation, shock, and novel monitoring techniques. He was the first intensivist to be awarded Senior Investigator status by the UK National Institute for Health Research, is current Chair of the International Sepsis Forum, co-led the ‘Sepsis-3’ international taskforce (with a certain C Deutschman Esq), and has authored/edited various textbooks including the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care and Oxford Textbook of Critical Care.