Charlie Franck Amoia is a Researcher Associate at Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) Foundation for One Health, Morogoro, Tanzania. He holds a PhD in Veterinary Medicine (Molecular Virology-Immunology-Vaccinology) from Sokoine University of Agriculture. As part of his doctoral project, Charlie has joined the Viral Genetics and Host Interactions Laboratory in autumn 2022 as a visiting graduate student. His Ph.D. research project was on developing an innovative DNA vaccine to control velogenic strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in Africa. Dr. Amoia holds also a Master of Science degree in Animal Health and Production from Nangui Abrogoua University (Côte d'Ivoire), and a Profesional Master's degree in Quality-Security-Environment (QSE) Management from the Polytechnic School of Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal). He has received scholarships and research grants from various organisations, including the Junior Research Investigator Award (JIRA-PASET), and, the AFIMEGQ project Master scholarship, a 12-month research grant at CIRDES in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), a doctoral scholarship from the RSIF-PASET programme, and a small grant from the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens (CeZAP) at Virginia Tech University, USA.