Born: March 18, 1957 in Goeppingen, GermanyNationality: German1963-1967: Elementary School1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)1976: Diploma (Abitur)1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Tuebingen, Germany1985: Ph.D. in Genetics1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Department of Microbiology1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germanysince 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald Scientific Work:More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases. Professor Margaret Kielian works at the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA. Prof. Marilyn J. Roossinck works at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.

• 1. Parainfluenza virus fusion/entryAnne Moscona2. Molecular archeology of virusesSebastien Calvignac-Spencer3. A great ape perspective on the emergence and evolution of human virusesFabian H. Leendertz4. Phage TherapyPaul E. Turner5. Alphavirus replicationAndres Merits6. A holistic review of herpes simplex virus (HSV) ecology and evolutionMoriah Louise Szpara and Molly M. Rathbun7. SARS-CoV-2 in animals - from potential hosts to animal modelsThomas Christoph Mettenleiter, Martin Beer and Kerstin Wernike8. Poxvirus assembly and exitGeoffrey Smith