Christian Drosten
Virologist, inventor of the modern real-time PCR (RT-PCR) diagnostic test
Dolores Cahill
Immunologist, PhD in immunology, spent 8 years at Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
John F. Enders
Biomedical scientist, virologist, microbiologist, pioneer in physiology and medicine, known as the father of moder
1897-1985 (88)
nobelprize.org
Kary Mullis
Virologist, biochemist, astrophysicist, farmer, inventor of the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing
1944-2019 (75)
the-scientist.com
Louis Pasteur
Microbiologist, chemist, virologist, immunologist, father of germ theory, pioneer in vaccinations for the treatment of rabies, cure of hydrophobia, fermentation and pasteurization
Ralph S. Baric, PhD living
Scientist
1954- (70)
sph.unc.edu
Dr. Rick Bright living
Immunologist
1966- (58)
rockefellerfoundation.org
Shi Zhengli living
Thomas Milton Rivers
virologist, bacteriologist, microbiologist, father of modern virology
1888-1962 (74)
britannica.com