NÚRIA BUSQUETS MARTÍ completed a degree (2001) and a PhD in Biology (2005) at the Faculty of Biology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Principal investigator of Arbovirus and Mosquito vectors research group at  Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology – Centre of research on animal health (IRTA-CReSA) since 2014. Her scientific interest is to better understand mosquito-borne diseases. In the last years, her group has studied several arboviral diseases, mostly through vector competence studies under BSL3 facilities, in the framework of the programs for Arboviruses surveillance in Catalonia. She provides scientific and technical support for the implementation and design of these surveillance programs. She has participated in the design of the National integrated surveillance program for diseases transmitted by vectors (2023). From 2009 to 2022, she was the Coordinator of the Virology section for the Catalan Society of Biology. She is a member of Rift Valley fever task force Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and is the primary contact point for the EVD-Labnet (ECDC) at IRTA-CReSA. She has worked in several European and national projects related to vector borne diseases (Vmerge, ZikAlliance, Infravec2, Vectrack) and mentored 6 PhD students. She is co-author of 70 scientific publications in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals. She is member of the ARbovirology European Society (ARES) since its foundation in 2022.