What is Stephan Tanneberger?
[[Image:Stephan Tanneberger (2010).jpg|thumb|Stephan Tanneberger, 2010]] '''Stephan Tanneberger''' (December 27, 1935 &ndash; March 5, 2018) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Oncology|oncologist]] and [[chemist]]. He held leading positions in [[cancer research]] and therapy in the [[German Democratic Republic]] (GDR).<ref>* ''Tannenberger, Stephan.'' Biographical entry in: Werner Hartkopf: ''Die Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften: Ihre Mitglieder und Preisträger 1700–1990.'' Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1992, p.&nbsp;357</ref> Tanneberger served as director of the ''Zentralinstitut für Krebsforschung'' (Central Institute of Cancer Research) of the ''[[Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR]]'' (Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic) from 1974 until 1990. In 2005, he founded a Center for Peace Work in [[Anklam]] in northeast Germany. He was born in [[Chemnitz]], Germany. Tanneberger died in [[Greifswald]], Germany of [[blood cancer|blood]] and [[bone cancer]] on March 5, 2018 at the age of 82.<ref>[https://www.nordkurier.de/anklam/stephan-tanneberger-ist-tot-0731439403.html Stephan Tanneberger ist tot]{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanneberger, Stephan}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:German chemists]] [[Category:Medical researchers]]