Dr. Zhihua Ou gained her PhD degree in virology from the University of Hong Kong. She joined BGI Research in 2018 and worked on the genomics of HPV and later SARS-CoV-2. Currently, she serves as the group leader for the Spatiotemporal Omics Study of Infectious Diseases. Her team focuses on elucidating the mechanisms of pathogen-host interactions using cutting-edge genomic and transcriptomic sequencing technologies. Her research subjects include viruses (SARS-CoV-2, JEV, HBV, etc), fungi, and parasites (Echinococcus multilocularis). She has published 17 research articles in journals including Advanced Science, Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Nature Communications, Clinical and Translational Medicine, Genomics, and Journal of Virology. She also serves as the coordinator of the STOC Infection Working Group, aiming to unite multinational and multi-institutional expertise to promote collaborative research on the spatiotemporal omics of pathogenic diseases.