Jan Felix Drexler

Jan Felix Drexler is Head of the Virus Epidemiology group and an Associate Professor at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Following medical education in Germany and Brazil, he worked as a staff scientist and professor in Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands. His group focuses on the evolution and epidemiology of emerging viruses at the animal-human interface and supports SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics in resource-limited settings worldwide. Since 2006, he has published over 180 scientific articles papers, accumulating >6000 citations, an h-index of 40 (Web of Science) and about 10 million € extramural funding.