Winfried Stöcker was born in the Upper Lusatian region in 1947. He studied medicine in Würzburg, Bavaria, from 1967 until 1973. 1976, he earned his doctoral degree, since 1999 he is professor of the Tongji University in Wuhan and since 2011 honorary professor of the University of Lübeck. 1987 Stöcker founded the company EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG.