Ángel Luis Álvarez Rodríguez is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Oviedo (Spain). After receiving a BSc degree in Microbiology (2005) and a MSc in Virology (2007) at the University of Havana (Cuba), he obtained a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Oviedo, Spain  (2015). Previous positions include an Instructor appointment at the University of Havana (2005-2009) and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA) (2016-2019). He is a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Society for Virology (ASV), World Society for Virology (WSV), the Spanish Society for Virology (SEV), and the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM). His research interests comprise different virus families including Herpesviridae, Caliciviridae, and Coronaviridae, with a focus in the study of the molecular basis of virus replication, virus-host interactions, virus reverse genetics, and the search for novel antiviral strategies.