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Christian Drosten

German virologist and university teacherborn 1972

Wikidata names Willi Kurt Roth as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata.

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Willi Kurt Roth

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stated by WikidataWilli Kurt Roth

Theses

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Etablierung von Hochdurchsatz-PCR-Testsystemen für HIV-1 und HBV zur Blutspendertestung
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career6

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1982 to 1991
Gymnasium Marianum
studied
2000 to 2007
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
worked
2007 to 2017
University of Bonn
worked
from 2007
University Hospital Bonn
worked
from 2017
Charité
worked
undated
Goethe University Frankfurt
studied

At a glance

known as: virologist, university teacher
fields: emergent virus, virology, viral infectious disease, epidemiology
degrees: Doctor of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2003, professor
awards: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2005, Communicator Prize, 2020, German Radio Award, 2020, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2020, Grimme Online Award, 2020, University Teacher of the Year, 2021, Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication, 2021, Leibniz Medal, 2021, Berlin Science Award, 2020
member of: Die Junge Akademie, 2005 to 2010, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, from 2021, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from 2021
notable works: The coronavirus update with Christian Drosten
Wikipedia: in 23 languages

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Read on 16 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q1079331,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Christian Drosten: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1079331},
  note = {read on 2026-10-16}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 16). Christian Drosten: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-16]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1079331