{"id":4609,"date":"2026-01-12T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagner-lab.de\/?p=4609"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:16:09","slug":"dr-sebastian-einhauser-verteidigt-dissertation-epidemiological-and-immunological-perspectives-on-sars-cov-2-mit-bravour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagner-lab.de\/?p=4609","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sebastian Einhauser successfully defends his dissertation \u201cEpidemiological and Immunological Perspectives on SARS-CoV-2\u201d with distinction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4609\" class=\"elementor elementor-4609\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a89f869 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a89f869\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b739e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1b739e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"245\">On Thursday, January 8, 2026, <strong data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"53\">Sebastian Einhauser<\/strong> successfully defended his doctoral thesis with the highest distinction, <em data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"143\">summa cum laude<\/em>. The title of his dissertation is <strong data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"245\">\u201cEpidemiological and Immunological Perspectives on SARS-CoV-2.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"803\">Sebastian has been a member of our research group since 2018. He joined the group as a bachelor\u2019s student and, over the years, developed into a key member of the team. During his doctoral studies, he contributed to numerous major SARS-CoV-2\u2013related projects, including the coordination of the <strong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"553\">TiKoCo-19<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"568\">CoVaCo<\/strong> studies, the validation of vaccines, and the development of novel surrogate neutralization assays. Through this work, Sebastian and our team made an important contribution to the scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p><p data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"927\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Below you will find a selection of publications that emerged from his doctoral work and are also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/wagner-lab.de\/?page_id=190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our website<\/a>:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35746640\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35746640\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39522353\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39522353\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35214782\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35214782\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34679541\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34679541\/<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34671582\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34671582\/<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #678aa6;\"><strong>We congratulate Sebastian on this outstanding achievement!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c67591 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c67591\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-625f003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"625f003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wagner-lab.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG-20260108-WA0036-rhn29aqx8qrd5shchbshbhnsegyxzuyc5y0ahysxl0.jpg\" title=\"IMG-20260108-WA0036\" alt=\"IMG-20260108-WA0036\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, January 8, 2026, Sebastian Einhauser successfully defended his doctoral thesis with the highest distinction, summa cum laude. 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