Gabrielle Trozzi is a PhD student at Sciensano in the Unit of Exotic and Vector-Borne Diseases. She graduated in 2021 with a Master’s degree in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Namur. Following a Master’s thesis focused on the study of circular RNAs in Marek’s disease virus, she began her PhD at Sciensano in 2022, where she studies virus–vector–host interactions of tick-borne encephalitis virus.