Friedrich Lösel is an eminent scholar in psychology and criminology, currently serving as senior professor at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and emeritus professor and Cambridge University..His impressive career includes leadership roles at FAU's Institute of Psychology and as Director of the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge. With over 460 published articles and 40 books, Professor Lösel's research involves a wide range of topics, including juvenile delinquency, offender rehabilitation, and evidence-based crime prevention. He worked with many international institutions and his contributions to the field have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the Sellin-Glueck Award and the Jerry Lee Award from the American Society of Criminology, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the European Association of Psychology and Law, and the German Psychology Prize.