Sandra Ciesek

[2][3] She studied medicine from 1997 to 2003 at the University of Göttingen and at the Hannover Medical School (MHH),[4] where she received her doctorate in 2004 with a thesis on the influence of certain dendritic cells on hepatitis C infection.

[9] She completed a second specialist training in microbiology, virology and infectious disease epidemiology Infektionsepidemiologie by 2018, at about the same time as she obtained her Master's degree in public health administration at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.

[10] After the outbreak of the pandemic Ciesek received a grant of 250,000 euros from the Johanna-Quandt-Stiftung [de] in March 2020 within 24 hours of the application being submitted for the search for effective drugs against COVID-19.

[11] Ciesek is a member of various guideline groups as well as national and international professional societies[12] Ciesek is one of the two virologists interviewed by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) science journalists for the de: Coronavirus Update Podcast being the guest every two weeks while fellow virologist Christian Drosten fills that spot every other two weeks.

[citation needed] Ciesek was nominated by Alliance 90/The Greens as delegate to the Federal Conventions for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.