Dr. Zineb Rhazzar is a virologist and molecular biologist at the Mohammed VI Center for Research and Innovation (CM6RI), Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health, Rabat, Morocco, where she works as a Research Associate in the Vaccine Unit of the Biotechnology Division. She received her PhD in virology and molecular biology from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat in 2026, with a thesis on an integrative and translational approach to SARS-CoV-2 viral culture, spanning clinical decision support, evolutionary genomics and the identification of vaccine and therapeutic targets. Her research focuses on viral isolation and culture, molecular virology, and the discovery of vaccine and therapeutic targets against emerging viruses.