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Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Born(1979-03-25)25 March 1979
Pankow, Berlin
NationalityGerman
EducationCharité Medical School
Alma materHumboldt University
Known forDeputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsVirology
InstitutionsUniversity of Hamburg
PatronsHans-Wilhelm Doerr
Thesis Development and evaluation of serological assays for the detection of human infections by New World hantaviruses imported to Europe
Doctoral advisorDetlev Herbert Krüger

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit (born 25 March 1979) is a German virologist and Professor of Arbovirology at the University of Hamburg.[1] Schmidt-Chanasit is also the Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine.[2]

Early career

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Schmidt-Chanasit was born in Pankow, Berlin. He earned his MD from Charité Medical School in 2006. After defending his thesis on "Development and evaluation of serological assays for the detection of human infections by New World hantaviruses imported to Europe" he worked as a student at the Kasetsart University in Bangkok. From 2008 he began to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Medical Virology of Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, where he gained his post-doctoral qualification (habilitation) in virology, in 2010.[3] Schmidt-Chanasit has been leading the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg since 2010.[citation needed] In 2018, Schmidt-Chanasit became Professor of Arbovirology at the University of Hamburg. The research groups led by Schmidt-Chanasit work on Emerging and Reemerging viruses (e.g. Ebola virus, Borna virus, Zika virus or Usutu virus).[citation needed] In this context, one main focus is on viruses that are transmitted by mosquitos. In particular, he investigates the interaction between arboviruses and their vectors. Furthermore, he also develop models to better predict arbovirus epidemics.[citation needed] Schmidt-Chanasit has identified several new viral pathogens [citation needed] and is author of more than 200 scientific papers, including journals like The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.[4]

Schmidt-Chanasit is married, father of a son and a daughter[5] and lives with his family in Berlin and Bangkok.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Biologie, Website Team. "Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. Dr.med.habil. Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit : Department of Biology : Universität Hamburg". www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  2. ^ Tropenmedizin, Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für (2021-01-27). "WHO Collaborating Centre". www.bnitm.de. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. ^ "Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit" (in German). Körber Stiftung. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  4. ^ "Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  5. ^ Riebe, Sina; Schröder, Elisabeth (2021-03-11). "Ein Jahr im Griff der Pandemie: Das sagen Hamburger über zwölf Monate Pausenmodus". MOPO.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
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