Prof. MUDr. Lukáš Plank, CSc. is the head of the Institute of Pathological Anatomy of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University and the University Hospital in Martin, head of the National Consultation Center for Biopsy Diagnostics of Lymphoid and Myeloid Neoplasia, as well as Rare Cancer Diseases in the Slovak Republic, member of the Presidency of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Health, member of the Scientific Council of the National Oncology Institute, guarantor of the national program Digitalization of pathological anatomy workplaces in the Slovak Republic under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, responsible researcher of the European Regional Development Fund project: "Integrative strategy in the development of personalized medicine for selected malignant tumors and its impact on the quality of life" (co-financed by the European Union), Laureate of the Crystal Wing in category Medicine and science in 2018. In 2021 he was awarded the "Prize for the development of Slovak science at home and abroad".