Nathan Wolfe

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Nathan D. Wolfe
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Wolfe in 2011
Born (1970-08-24) August 24, 1970 (age 55)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materStanford, Harvard
Scientific career
Fields Virology
Institutions Stanford, UCLA

Nathan Daniel Wolfe (born 24 August 1970) is an American virologist. He was the founder (in 2007) and director of Global Viral [1] and the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University.

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Career

Wolfe spent over eight years conducting biomedical research in both sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. He is also the founder of Metabiota, which offers both governmental and corporate services for biological threat evaluation and management. He serves on the editorial board of EcoHealth and Scientific American and is a member of DARPA's Defense Science Research Council. His laboratory was among the first to discover and describe the Simian foamy virus. [2]

In 2008, he warned that the world was not ready for a pandemic. [3]

In 2011, his book The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age [4] was short-listed for the Winton Prize. [5]

As reported in a Wired feature in 2020, Wolfe worked with the German insurance firm Munich Re to offer major corporate leaders pandemic policies, which were not purchased; a stark reality during the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic. [6]

Wolfe’s name appeared in documents released from the Jeffrey Epstein archive. The references relate to donor outreach conducted on behalf of academic institutions and Wolfe's company [7] . Wolfe's correspondence with Epstein also included discussion on how male sexual behavior questionnaires have been validated [8] . No allegations of misconduct have been made.

Awards

Wolfe has been awarded more than $40 million in funding from a diverse array of sources including the U.S. Department of Defense, Google.org, the National Institutes of Health, the Skoll Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Geographic Society. [9]

Personal life

Wolfe is married to the playwright Lauren Gunderson, they have been separated since October 2025. The pair have two sons. As part of his work, Wolfe has lived in Cameroon, Malaysia and Uganda. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Langreth, Robert. Finding the Next Epidemic Before It Kills. Forbes. 2 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 Geographic, National (June 2020). "Grantee 2004-2005: Nathan D. Wolfe". National Geographic Emerging Explorers. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Dwyer, Paul (December 24, 2020). "World-renowned virologist warned in 2008 about future epidemics". CNN. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  4. ↑ Nathan Wolfe (2011), The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age, Henry Holt & Co.
  5. 1 2 "Nathan Wolfe". DCP3. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Ratliff, Evan (July–August 2020). "We Can Protect the Economy From Pandemics. Why Didn't We?". Wired. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Nathan Daniel Wolfe". Stanford University. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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