Niels Høiby

Niels Høiby (born 1941) is a Danish physician, professor and politician. He specialises in microbiology and was a pioneer in the study of biofilms and their role in conditions such as cystic fibrosis. He worked for many years as a department head at Denmark's largest hospital, the Rigshospitalet.

He was briefly a member of the Danish parliament, having been a runner-up in the 2007 election and so taking the seat for the Liberal Alliance when Malou Aamund changed party in 2011. Niels Høiby was decorated as a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 2012. He was a member of the council for the capital region.

Books and papers

 * Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis (1977)
 * Det danske sundhedsvæsens storhed og fald (1999), on the rise and fall of the Danish health service
 * Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms (2010)
 * A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections (2014)