Alexander N. Freiberg is a Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He received a Diploma in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Physical Biochemistry from the University of Potsdam, Germany in 2000 and 2005, respectively, then was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Arbovirology, Structural Virology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, TX from 2005 to 2009. He is also a member of the American Society of Virology, the Microscopy Society of America, and the American Society of Microbiology. One of his main research interests is in understanding the molecular mechanisms by which emerging RNA viruses cause encephalitis and hemorrhagic fever diseases. In addition, another project focuses on understanding the structure and assembly of high-containment classified viruses, with a major focus on bunyaviruses using cryo-electron microscopy and biophysical techniques.