Prof. Dr. Fengwei Bai earned his PhD in Genetics from Fudan University, MS from Ocean University of China, and did his postdoctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine. His long-term research goal is to use this knowledge in the rational design of effective vaccines or therapeutics for the prevention of the transmission of viral pathogens. He is managing the USDA-certified Biosafety-Level 3 (BSL3) cell culture and animal research facilities. His research is funded by NIH and various research foundations. His research topics mainly include the pathogenesis of mosquito-transmitted flaviviruses and alphaviruses, such as the West Nile virus, zika virus, dengue virus, and chikungunya virus, and the development of novel diagnostic methods and antivirals.