Prof. Dr. João R. Mesquita is an Assistant Professor at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, and a Researcher at the Epidemiology Research Unit (EPIUnit), Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto. He completed his BS studies in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, MSc studies at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, and PhD studies in Microbiology at the University of Porto, in 2012. He has published 112 articles in various journals. His research interests include animal and human virology, mainly on zoonotic viruses, with a special interest in surveillance tools, epidemiology, and infection.