Editorial Board

Alan McLachlan, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
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Leo Poon, PhD
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

MANAGING EDITOR

Haogao Gu, PhD
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Barr, PhD
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sections: Negative-strand RNA viruses
Specialisms: Bunyavirales, Arenaviruses, Orthobunyaviruses, Nairoviruses


Roberto Bruzzone, MD
Institut Pasteur, France
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Sections: Positive-strand RNA viruses
Specialisms: Cell biology of host-pathogen interactions
 

Marco A. Campos, PhD
Fiocruz Minas, Brazil
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Sections: Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae)
Specialisms: Innate immunity; HSV-1, SARS-CoV-2, Dengue, Zika; TLRs
 

Wan-Long Chuang, MD, PhD
Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
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Sections: Hepatitis viruses
 

 

 

Tony Cunningham, MD
The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia
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Sections: Herpes viruses
Specialisms: HIV, Herpes virus, Vaccine, COVID, Virology, Immunology
 

Jaquelline Germano De Oliveira, PhD
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Brazil
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Sections: Positive-strand RNA viruses
Specialisms: Antivirals, Arboviruses, Cancer biomarkers, Papillomavirus


Tom Geisbert, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
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Sections: Emerging Viruses
Specialisms: Ebola virus, Marburg virus, Lassa virus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus, nonhuman primate models, pathogenesis, vaccines, therapeutics


Erna Geessien Kroon, PhD
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Sections: Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae)
Specialisms: Virology, Poxvirus, DNA viruses, Flavivirus, Coronavirus


Frederick Kibenge, PhD
University of Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Veterinary College, Canada
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Sections: Clinical virology
Specialisms: Veterinary virology, Immunology, Diagnostic veterinary microbiology
 

Kin On Kwok, PhD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Twitter: @kkokwok

Section: Public Health
Specialisms: Infectious diseases, Epidemiology, Influenza viruses, SARS-CoV, Antimicrobial resistance

Vitantonio Pantaleo, PhD
National Research Council, Italy
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Sections: Plant viruses
Specialisms: Plant viruses, RNA technologies, Gene expression and RNA silencing


Aguinaldo R. Pinto, PhD
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Section: Retroviruses
Specialisms: Retrovirus; HIV; Sars-CoV-2
 

Courtney Woolsey, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
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Section: Emerging Viruses
Specialisms: Filoviruses, Henipaviruses, Arenaviruses, BSL4 pathogens, Emerging viruses, Virus-host interactions

 

 

Clinical virology
Mairaj A Ansari, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, India
Andreina Baj, MD, PhD, Universita' degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
Chi Ping Chan, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Franklin WN Chow, PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Tanushree Dangi, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Anna Eis-Hübinger, PhD, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Germany
Tuck-Weng Kok, PhD, University of Adelaide, Australia
Susanna Lau, MD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yi-Ping Li, PhD, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Martin Linster, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Hayes Luk, PhD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Scott Michael, PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Hong Tang, MD, PhD, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Feng Wen, PhD, Foshan University, China
Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Hung-Chih Yang, MD, PhD, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan
Emerging viruses
Mairaj A Ansari, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, India
Andreina Baj, MD, PhD, Universita' degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
Guillaume Carissimo, PhD, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Infectious Diseases Labs, Singapore
Franklin WN Chow, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tanushree Dangi, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Tetsuro Ikegami, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Tuck-Weng Kok, PhD, University of Adelaide, Australia
Susanna Lau, MD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kui Li, PhD, University of Tennessee, USA
Yiping Li, PhD, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Huibin Lv, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
João R. Mesquita, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Chris Mok, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Tian Wang, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Xiaoyu Zhao, PhD, Fudan University, China 
Jin Zhong, PhD, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hepatitis viruses
Zongdi Feng, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Jee-Fu Huang, MD, PhD, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Mei-Hsuan Lee, PhD, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Kui Li, PhD, University of Tennessee, USA
Yiping Li, PhD, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, China
David McGivern, PhD, University of North Carolina, USA
João R. Mesquita, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Francesco Negro, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Michael Robek, PhD, Albany Medical College, USA
Taha Taha, PharmD, PhD, Gladstone Institute of Virology, USA
Hong Tang, MD, PhD, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Ming-Whei Yu, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Jin Zhong, PhD, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Herpes viruses
Mairaj A Ansari, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, India
Dirk Dittmer, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Robert Geraghty, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA
Gulfaraz Khan, PhD, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Peter Speck, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Linda van Dyk, PhD, University of Colorado, USA
Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Chunfu Zheng, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Fanxiu Zhu, PhD, Florida State University, USA
Influenza viruses
Mairaj A Ansari, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, India
Tanushree Dangi, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Tuck-Weng Kok, PhD, University of Adelaide, Australia
Martin Linster, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Huibin Lv, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
João R. Mesquita, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Chris Mok, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Slobodan Paessler, DVM, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Redmond Smyth, PhD, University of Würzburg, Germany
Michelle Tate, PhD, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Hung-Chih Yang, MD, PhD, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan
Jiyong Zhou, DVM, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Negative-strand RNA viruses
Mairaj A Ansari, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, India
Felicity Burt, PhD, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Free State, South Africa
Allison Groseth, PhD, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
Tetsuro Ikegami, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Susanna Lau, MD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Zhenghe Li, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Martin Linster, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Martin Ludlow, PhD, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
Huibin Lv, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
João R. Mesquita, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Slobodan Paessler, DVM, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Lijun Rong, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Chee Wah Tan, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Dr. rer. nat. Manfred Weidmann, University of Stirling, UK
Jiyong Zhou, DVM, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae)
Jônatas Abrahão, PhD, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
João R. Mesquita, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Chunfu Zheng, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Plant viruses
Shifang Li, PhD, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Zhenghe Li, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Shih-Shun Lin, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Positive-strand RNA viruses
Mairaj A Ansari, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, India
Arinjay Banerjee, PhD, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Felicity Burt, PhD, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Free State, South Africa
Robert Geraghty, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA
Ioly Kotta-Loizou, BSc, MSc, PhD, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Mart Lamers, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Susanna Lau, MD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kui Li, PhD, University of Tennessee, USA
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Yiping Li, PhD, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Martin Linster, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Serena Marchi, PhD, University of Siena, Italy
João R. Mesquita, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Scott Michael, PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
Chris Mok, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Slobodan Paessler, DVM, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Prasad Paradkar, PhD, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Australia
Lijun Rong, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Tian Wang, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Dr. rer. nat. Manfred Weidmann, University of Stirling, UK
Zhigang Yi, PhD, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, China
Yanjin Zhang, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
Public health
Afeez Abidemi, PhD, MTech, BTech, ND, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
Joshua Kiddy Kwasi Asamoah, PhD, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Mohamed Daw, MD, PhD, University of Tripoli, Libya
Hana Dobrovolny, PhD, Texas Christian University, USA
Mini Ghosh, PhD, Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai, India
Pushpendra Kumar, PhD, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Carrie Manore, PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Sreelekshmy Mohandas, PhD, ICMR- National Institute of Virology, India  
Salihu S. Musa, PhD, University of Massachusetts, USA
Olumuyiwa James Peter, PhD, University of Medical Sciences Ondo, Nigeria   
Bryce Warner, PhD, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
Jessica Yuen-ting Wong, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shiu Lun Ryan Au Yeung, PhD, MPH, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Rahat Zarin, PhD, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Retroviruses
Siddhartha A.K Datta, PhD, National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA
Tuck-Weng Kok, PhD, University of Adelaide, Australia
Hong Tang, MD, PhD, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Kok Keng Tee, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Jian-Hua Wang, PhD, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hung-Chih Yang, MD, PhD, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan
Veterinary DNA viruses
Slobodan Paessler, DVM, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Kidsadagon Pringproa, DVM, PhD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Yanjin Zhang, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
Jiyong Zhou, DVM, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Veterinary RNA viruses
Felicity Burt, PhD, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Free State, South Africa
Susanna Lau, MD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Martin Ludlow, PhD, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
João R. Mesquita, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Slobodan Paessler, DVM, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Samuel Workenhe, DVM, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Huseyin Yilmaz, PhD, Department of Virology, Veterinary Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Türkiye
Yanjin Zhang, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
Chunfu Zheng, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Jiyong Zhou, DVM, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Viruses of microbes
Jônatas Abrahão, PhD, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Michela Gambino, PhD, Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Shifang Li, PhD, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Scott Michael, PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
Hugo Oliveira, PhD, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Vitantonio Pantaleo, PhD, National Research Council, Italy
Janne Ravantti, PhD, University of Helsinki, Finland
Peter Speck, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Nobuhiro Suzuki, PhD, Okayama University, Japan
Mathematical Advisors 
Afeez Abidemi, PhD, MTech, BTech, ND, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
Joshua Kiddy Kwasi Asamoah, PhD, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Hana Dobrovolny, PhD, Texas Christian University, USA
Mini Ghosh, PhD, Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai, India
Pushpendra Kumar, PhD, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Carrie Manore, PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Sreelekshmy Mohandas, PhD, ICMR- National Institute of Virology, India  
Salihu S. Musa, PhD, University of Massachusetts, USA
Olumuyiwa James Peter, PhD, University of Medical Sciences Ondo, Nigeria   
Rahat Zarin, PhD, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand

FOUNDING EDITOR
Robert Garry, PhD, Tulane Medical School, USA

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