Uğur Şahin

German oncologist, developer of COVID-19 vaccine · Germany · Academics · Born 1965 · age 61

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Uğur Şahin is a German medical researcher, entrepreneur, and businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, which developed the world’s first mRNA-based vaccine against COVID-19.

A life in dates

2022Honorary Doctor of the University of AntwerpAwardLouis-Jeantet Prize for MedicineAwardPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter PrizeAwardUniversity Teacher of the YearAwardWarren Alpert Foundation PrizeAward2021Axel Springer AwardAwardHonorary Doctor of University of CologneAwardKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardMore about this, 2021Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific ResearchAwardWilliam B. Coley AwardAward2020Financial Times Person of the YearAward2019German Cancer AwardAwardMustafa PrizeAward2005Georges Köhler PrizeAward1965Born19 September 1965

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Headquarters of BioNTech SE in Mainz, Germany

Şahin and his wife Özlem Türeci during the honorary doctorate ceremony given by the University of Cologne Faculty of Medicine, 2021

Şahin in 2019

Awards

Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize2022

University Teacher of the Year2022

Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine2022

Warren Alpert Foundation Prize2022

Honorary Doctor of the University of Antwerp2022

Axel Springer Award2021

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2021

Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research2021

Honorary Doctor of University of Cologne2021

William B. Coley Award2021

Financial Times Person of the Year2020

Mustafa Prize2019

German Cancer Award2019

Georges Köhler Prize2005

EMBO Membership

In their orbit

Spouse: Özlem Türeci

About this person

Uğur Şahin is a German medical researcher, entrepreneur, and businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, which developed the world’s first mRNA-based vaccine against COVID-19. He also serves as chairman of the scientific management board of the Helmholtz Institute for Translational Oncology (HI-TRON), a Mainz-based cutting-edge biopharmaceutical research laboratory he co-founded in 2018. He is co-inventor of more than 500 filed patents applications and patents. His main fields of research are cancer research and immunology.

Country

Germany

In common with Uğur

Omar M. YaghiBoth received Mustafa Prize

Harald zur HausenBoth received German Cancer Award

Cumrun VafaBoth received Mustafa Prize Axel UllrichBoth received German Cancer Award Jackie Y. YingBoth received Mustafa Prize

Ivan ĐikićBoth received German Cancer Award

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