Stefan Niemann

Stefan Niemann is Professor at the Research Center Borstel, Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology in Germany. He is molecular biologist with a large experience in molecular characterization of M. tuberculosis complex isolates. His research interests are focused on the development of rapid diagnostics, the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB), mechanisms of development and spread of resistance in clinical M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates, the microevolution in clinical MTBC isolates, the global population structure/evolution of the pathogen, and on the pathobiology and host-pathogen interaction. The following links provide more information on his research goals

https://fz-borstel.de/index.php/en/sitemap/priority-research-area-infections-prof-dr-ulrich-schaible/molecular-and-experimental-mycobacteriology-prof-dr-stefan-niemann/mission#innercontent https://www.tbsequel.org/personnel/stefan-niemann/

Based on his achievements, he has been awarded the Eva and Klaus Grohe Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 2011, the Main Prize of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology in 2016, the DZIF Prize for Clinical Translational Infection Research in 2019, and the Gardner Middlebrook Award in 2021. He became W3 Professor for Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology at the University of Lübeck in 2014, one out of eight Schleswig-Holstein-Excellence-Chairs in 2016, and Visiting Professor of the University of Namibia in 2017.