Muntasir Alam received his PhD in Microbiology from Kumamoto University, Japan in 2016 and is a graduate of the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka. With 16 years of experience, he is currently an Assistant Scientist in the Emerging Infections group at the Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, Bangladesh. Dr. Alam specializes in pseudovirus production, viral vector systems (VSV and Lentivirus), and the development of neutralization assays for vaccine and antibody evaluation. His research includes leading and co-leading projects on vaccine immunology and diagnostics for emerging infections, such as Nipah virus and SARS-CoV-2. He also works on several projects including Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), investigating infectious causes of child death in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Alam has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles and is a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM), and One Health Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bio-safety, and Bio-security Society (BBSS).