Randolf Pohl was born in Munich, Germany, in 1970. He received the degree in physics from the Technical University of Munich in 1997 and the Ph.D. degree from ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, in 2001, both in physics. From 1997 to 2005, he studied the long-lived $2\hbox{S}$ state in muonic hydrogen at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland. He is currently with the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany, with the aim to measure the Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen. He is the Co-Spokesman of the Muonic Hydrogen Lamb Shift Collaboration.