Dr. Miguel Ángel Jiménez-Clavero is a virologist and researcher working as a Research Professor, group leader, and Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Global Health at the high bio-containment laboratory of CISA-INIA, CSIC (Valdeolmos, Spain), where he has developed his scientific career since 2006. He received his PhD degree in Biology from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1994. His work has focused on infectious agents of high impact for animal and public health. In particular, he has been dedicated to research in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and surveillance of viral diseases with high dispersal ability and/or special virulence, especially arthropod-borne viral zoonoses, with special attention to West Nile virus disease. He is a member of different scientific societies such as FEMS, ESVV, ISID, and SEV.