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Özlem Türeci

Chief medical officer

Özlem Türeci is a Turkish-German physician (born 1967).

Özlem Türeci

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Snapshot as of 15 July 2026

Primary market
Germany
Field
researcher
Organisation
BioNTech

Professional record

Özlem Türeci is a Turkish-German physician (born 1967).

Positions held include chief medical officer and professeur des universités. The professional record includes work with BioNTech. Education includes Saarland University and Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium. Recorded honours include Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Catalonia International Prize, honorary doctor of University of Cologne, and Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize.

Selected recognition