National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain;
Luis Enjuanes has been working in the field of virology for more than 40 years, including more than 35 years in coronavirus. His current interest is the study of the mechanisms of replication, transcription, virulence and virus-host interaction of coronaviruses. Enjuanes has published more than 240 articles in international journals and 58 book chapters. He is currently Professor of Research and Head of the Coronavirus Laboratory at the CSIC National Center for Biotechnology. Enjuanes has been a “Fogarty Visiting Fellow” at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US, and a Visiting Scientist at the Cancer Research Center (FCRC) of the US National Institutes (NIH). Enjuanes is a professor of Virology at the Autonomous University of Madrid and at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He has been named "Distinguished Senior Virologist" by the Spanish Society of Virology, Academician of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, and Academician of the "American Academy of Microbiology" and the US National Academy of Sciences. He has received the Medal for Merit in Research and University Education awarded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Health Department Recognition, and the National Award for Biotechnology 2022. Enjuanes is an "Expert Consultant" of the NIH and the World Health Organization. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Virus Research.

The Rockefeller University, New York, USA;
Dr. Rice is the Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Chair in Virology and serves as Head of the Laboratory for Virology and Infectious Disease at The Rockefeller University. He is one of the world’s most accomplished virologists and a prominent figure in research on members of the Flaviviridae including hepatitis C virus (HCV). Dr. Rice received his bachelor’s degree from University of California Davis in 1974 and earned his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology in 1981. From 1986-2000, Dr. Rice was a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis. His research team has helped to understand the biogenesis and structure of HCV-encoded proteins, discovered a highly conserved RNA element at the 3’ terminus of HCV genome RNA, and produced the first infectious molecular clone of the virus—an essential tool for future studies on this important human pathogen. His laboratory has established cell culture systems and animal models for studying HCV replication and evaluating antiviral efficacy. Dr. Rice has co-authored over 500 articles in the field of virology, serves as a reviewer for numerous journals, is a past President of the American Society for Virology, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the M. W. Beijernick, Dautrebande, Robert Koch, InBev Baillet-Latour prizes, the Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award, and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.