Speaker

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Prof Andres Merits obtained PhD in virology at 1994; 1995-2001 he was post-doctoral fellow in University of Helsinki, Finland. Since 2002 he is group leader and since 2007
professor of Applied virology in University of Tartu, Estonia. His research team has been working with alpha-, flavi- and coronaviruses and consists of three scientists, three PhD students and three MSc students. Prof Andres Merits has authored ~ 200 peer-reviewed
publications (~6400 citations, h-index = 48) and has supervised 13 PhD students.