Hirohisa Mekata is currently an associate professor at the Center for Animal Disease Control (CADIC) at the University of Miyazaki in Japan. Before his recent position, he was a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Miyazaki. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University in Japan. His current research interest is the establishment of control measures against the bovine leukemia virus on a farm and an area, and epidemiological study of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus. He is a member of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science.