Kary Mullis
Virologist, biochemist, astrophysicist, farmer, inventor of the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing
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 modern vaccines
1897-1985 (88)
nobelprize.org
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, vaccines, professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1954- (70)
sph.unc.edu
Dr. Rick Bright living
Immunologist, vaccines researcher, public health official, director of US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
1966- (58)
rockefellerfoundation.org
Robert Malone
Virologist, immunologist, pioneer in mRNA vaccines, early member of the INOVIO Pharmaceuticals team
Shi Zhengli living
Thomas Milton Rivers
virologist, bacteriologist, microbiologist, father of modern virology
1888-1962 (74)
britannica.com
