David Bardens

David Bardens (born 27 April 1984) is a German physician whose case was reported internationally in 2015 after the district court of Ravensburg had ruled that he should get the €100,000 prize money that biologist Stefan Lanka had promised to anyone who could provide information about the existence and size of the measles virus.

Although six scientific publications were submitted that collectively demonstrated the existence and size of the virus, they failed to meet the exact contest requirements as set by Lanka.

In 2014, he completed the study of medicine at the Saarland University in Homburg with a dissertation on laparoscopic hysterectomy: new findings on surgical techniques, influencing factors and postoperative course of pain.

He worked after graduation for a short time as an assistant physician at the university's Women's Hospital in Homburg before moving to Sweden where he is currently a general practitioner.

[5] The court's ruling received global press attention in light of the heavy campaigning of anti-vaccination protesters on web forums and in books.