Noel Tordo has been the Head of the “Stratégies Antivirales” Unit at the Institut Pasteur's Virology Department in Paris since 2004 and has led the “Biologie des Infections Virales Emergentes” Unit in Lyon since 2006. He has held key positions such as Head of the National Reference Centre for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Head of the WHO Collaborative Centre for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Arboviruses since 2008. He is also a member of the OIE Reference Laboratory for RVFV and CCHFV. In 2015, he became the Director of the Institut Pasteur de Guinée in Conakry, Guinea. He earned his Master’s degree from the University of Strasbourg in 1982, followed by a PhD and postdoctoral work as an Investigator in the “Rabies” unit at the Institut Pasteur from 1982 to 1993. He led the “Lyssavirus” laboratory from 1993 to 2002 and has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers, focusing on RNA-dependent polymerases and viral host-switching. He actively participates in scientific committees, organizes virology conferences, and contributes to education in the field through various virology courses.