Carl Erb is an APL professor at the Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Head of Department at the Eye Clinic Wittenbergplatz, Berlin and a founding Director of the Private Institute of Applied Ophthalmology, Berlin. He is both a member of the Program Committee and Vice President of the glaucoma section of the German Ophthalmological Society. He is also a reviewer for multiple journals. His research portfolio includes diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, glaucoma surgery, neurodegeneration in glaucoma, ocular microcirculation, colour vision and perimetry.