Invited Speakers
The following speakers have been confirmed for ICAR2025. Please check back soon for additional speaker details to include biographies and presentation titles.
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Karine Alvarez, PhD - AIx-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7257
Tomas Cihlar, PhD - Gilead Sciences
Gertrude Elion Memorial Awardee
William M. de Souza, PhD - University of Kentucky
Leen Delang, PhD - KU Leuven
William Prusoff Memorial Awardee
Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, MD, PhD - INTREPID Alliance
Plenary Speaker
Joseph Eron, MD - University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Joy Y. Feng, PhD - Emory University School of Medicine
Stephan Günther, MD - Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine
Nicholas A. Meanwell, PhD - The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute | University of Michigan | Rutgers University
2024 Antonín Holý Memorial Awardee
Melanie Ott, MD, PhD - Gladstone Institutes of Virology
Raymond F. Schinazi, PhD, Hon DSc - Emory University
2025 Antonín Holý Memorial Awardee
Pei-Yong Shi, PhD - GSK
Plenary Speaker
Marco Vignuzzi, PhD - ASTAR ID Labs
Diversity in Science Excellence Awardee
Qihui Wang, PhD - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhengqiang Wang, PhD - University of Minnesota Center for Drug Design
Shihyun You, PhD - GSK