# Christian Drosten

> German virologist and university teacher

**Wikidata**: [Q1079331](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1079331)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Drosten)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/christian-drosten

## Summary

Christian Drosten was born on June 12, 1972, in Lingen [1][2][3]. He is a virologist and university teacher [3] by occupation. Drosten received his education from Goethe University Frankfurt and Gymnasium Marianum [4][5][1]. His employers have included the University of Bonn, where he worked from 2007 to 2017 [6][7], the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, where he was employed from 2000 to 2007 [6][7], University Hospital Bonn, where he has been working since 2007 [6][7], and Charité, where he has been working since 2017 [6][7].Drosten's field of expertise includes emergent virus, virology, viral infectious disease, and epidemiology [8]. He has been recognized for his work with several awards, including the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Communicator Prize, German Radio Award, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grimme Online Award, and University Teacher of the Year, among two others [9][10][11][12][13][14].One of his notable works is The coronavirus update with Christian Drosten [3]. Throughout his career, Drosten has demonstrated his expertise in virology and commitment to education and research.


## References

1. Catalog of the German National Library
2. Etablierung von Hochdurchsatz-PCR-Testsystemen für HIV-1 und HBV zur Blutspendertestung
3. [Source](https://www.fnp.de/frankfurt/coronavirus-frankfurt-zahl-proben-uniklinik-steigt-13569835.html)
4. [Source](https://www.marianum-meppen.de/archiv/archiv2016/2016/news2016_006.html)
5. Czech National Authority Database
6. [Source](https://www.bundesaerztekammer.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/pdf-Ordner/WB/Lebenslaeufe/Drosten.pdf)
7. [Source](https://www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/download.php?f=2004_laudatio_fleckenstein_auf_postdocs_2.pdf)
8. [Source](https://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/news/politik/deutschland/ndr-podcast-mit-christian-drosten-informiert-ueber-sars-cov-2_aid-49849861)
9. [Source](https://www.deutscher-radiopreis.de/radiopreis/verleihung_2020/preistraeger/Sonderpreis-des-Beirats-Prof-Dr-Christian-Drosten,sonderpreis130.html)
10. [Source](https://www.charite.de/service/pressemitteilung/artikel/detail/christian_drosten_nimmt_bundesverdienstkreuz_1_klasse_entgegen/)
11. [Source](https://www.hochschulverband.de/aktuelles-termine/hochschullehrer-des-jahres)
12. [Source](https://www.sn.at/panorama/wissen/starvirologe-drosten-erhaelt-diesjaehrigen-oberhummer-award-103352191)
13. [Source](https://www.bbaw.de/en/the-academy/awards/medals/leibniz-medal)
14. [Source](https://www.berlin.de/sen/wissenschaft/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2021/pressemitteilung.1108834.php)
15. [Source](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-0519)
16. [Falschbehauptungen zum Promotionsverfahren von Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten. Goethe University Frankfurt. 2020](https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/aktuelles/falschbehauptungen-zum-promotionsverfahren-von-prof-dr-christian-drosten/)
17. [Source](https://virologie-ccm.charite.de/metas/person/person/address_detail/drosten/)
18. [Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten. German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina](https://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Mitglieder/CV_Drosten_Christian_D.pdf)
19. [Source](https://www.npr.org/2020/03/31/823865329/das-coronavirus-podcast-captivates-germany-with-scientific-info-on-the-pandemic)
20. [Source](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tOoiTq4AAAAJ)
21. Open dataset of scholars on Twitter
22. Q100490896
23. Google Knowledge Graph
24. Virtual International Authority File
25. [Source](https://www.podchaser.com/creators/christian-drosten-107aDxJmtf/appearances)