Prof. Florian Krammer’s post-doctoral work in the laboratory of Dr. Peter Palese at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, focused on the development of broadly neutralizing anti-hemagglutinin stalk antibodies and the design of a universal influenza virus vaccine. Currently, He holds a position as a Professor of Vaccinology in the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has published more than 100 papers, is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Virology, Plos One, and Heliyon, and is a peer reviewer for more than 30 journals. He is also a member of the Vaccine and Edward Jenner Society Young Investigator Program. In addition, he is a scientific adviser for enGenes and PathSensors. He was awarded the Postdoctoral Travel Award at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Virology, as well as the Promising Researcher Scholarship for the Choice of Controlling Type 8 Influenza. Since 2019, he has been the principal investigator of the Sinai-Emory Multi-Institutional Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Center (SEM-CIVIC). His research interests include influenza viruses, antibody responses to hantaviruses, filoviruses, and other emerging RNA viruses.