Sandra Junglen is a virologist and has recently moved to the Institute of Virology at the University hospital Charité in Berlin. She was previously heading a research group at the Institute of Virology at the University of Bonn Medical Centre in Bonn for seven years. Her research focuses on the ecology and evolution of arthropod-associated viruses. She is particularly interested in the genetic diversity of arthropod-associated viruses and in ecological mechanisms that influence the geographic spread and emergence of arboviruses. She and her team have characterized numerous novel viruses including the discovery of four novel RNA virus families. http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8tTfea8sgQIC&hl=en