Dr. W.J. Lukiw is currently the Bollinger Professor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Professor of neuroscience, ophthalmology and neurology at Louisiana State University (LSU) in New Orleans, LA, USA. He received his scientific training in the US, Canada, Europe and Russia. Dr. Lukiw’s main research interests include the molecular genetics, epigenetics, microbiomics and neurotoxicological aspects of human-specific neurological conditions, including (i) AD; (ii) age-related macular degeneration; (iii) prion disease; (iv) progressive inflammatory diseases of the brain and retina associated with aging; (v) neurotrophic virus infection involving incapacitating and/or lethal human viruses, including HSV-1 and SARS-CoV2; (vi) small non-coding RNA (sncRNA), viroid and microRNA signaling in neurodegenerative disease; (vii) evolutionary aspects of RNA structure and function; and (viii) environmental neurotoxicology, with an emphasis on aluminum, lead and mercury.