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
Kary Mullis
Virologist, biochemist, astrophysicist, farmer, inventor of the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing
1944-2019 (75)
the-scientist.com
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