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Uğur Şahin (Turkish: [uːɾ ʃaː.hin]; born September 29, 1965) is a Turkish-German oncologist and entrepreneur.^[1][2] His main fields of research are cancer research and immunology.^[3] He has been Professor of Experimental Oncology at the III Medical Clinic of the University of Mainz since 2006, and chairman of the board and CEO of BioNTech SE since 2008, a company that he co-founded with his wife, Özlem Türeci. Şahin is considered one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine developers.^[4]