William C. Wilson received his B.Sc. degree and Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1979 and 1985, respectively. He is currently a Research Microbiologist with the Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, where he works on insect-transmitted pathogens of exotic livestock to the United States. His research interests include virus–vector–host interactions and the development of novel strategies for the detection, characterization, and mitigation of arboviral pathogens.