Huaji Qiu

PhD, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS

Hua-Ji QIU, PhD, DVM, professor, the chief scientist of Unit for High-Consequence Swine Viral Diseases, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS. He serves as coordinator of more than 20 projects from National “863” Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Technologies R&D Program, EU FP7 project, etc. His research is focused on the regulation of viral replication, virulence determinants and development of diagnostic assays and marker vaccines for classical swine fever, African swine fever and pseudorabies. He has been awarded several national and provincial prizes for progress in science and technology. He has published more than 70 papers in SCI-indexed journals, including 8 papers in Journal of Virology.

Dr. QIU is a member of National Committee of Experts on Animal Epidemic Prevention of China, and a standing member of Animal Infectious Diseases Branch, a member of Veterinary Biotechnology Branch of Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary. He is an editor of several journals such as World Journal of Virology, Scientia Agricultura Sincica, Chinese Journal of Biotechnology, Acta Microbiologia Sinica, etc., and a peer reviewer of a number of international journals such as Gene Therapy, Journal of Virology, Vaccine, Veterinary Microbiology, Viruses, etc.