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Our Executive Committee

Meet the leaders shaping global virology.

Maria Söderlund-Venermo

President

Dr. Maria Söderlund-Venermo is the current president of the WSV (2024-2026). She obtained her MSc at the University of Helsinki,...

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Richard Kuhn

Past President

Richard Kuhn is the past president of the WSV (2022-2024), He received his B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the...

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Marietjie Venter

President - Elect

Marietjie Venter (PhD (Medical Virology) (WITS) (2003)). She had joint appointments as co-director, Centre for Respiratory diseases and Meningitis, National...

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Ziad Memish

Vice President - Asia

Prof. Ziad Memish is currently , Senior ID consultant and Director research and innovation center King Saud Medical City, Professor...

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Mariana Baz

Vice President - North America

Dr. Mariana Baz has been an assistant professor at Université Laval since 2022. She also holds the Sentinel North Research...

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Abdelouaheb Benani

Vice President - Africa

Prof. Benani serves as the head of the Molecular Biology Laboratory at the Pasteur Institute of Morocco, which holds national...

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Stephan Winter

Vice President - Europe

Dr. Stephan Winter is the Head of the Plant Virus Department and Chief Plant Virologist at the Leibniz Institute-DSMZ, German...

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Susana López

Vice President - Latin America

Susana López is Professor of Virology at the Institute of Biotechnology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Dr....

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David Williams

Vice President - Australia/New Zealand

Dr Williams is the leader of the Diagnostics and Mammalian infectious Disease Research group at the Australian Centre for Disease...

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