Professor of Infectious Diseases and Head of the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences at King’s College London. Michael is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Academy of Medical Sciences, where he is also the Vice President (Non-Clinical). His research focuses on investigating the molecular basis for how viruses such as HIV-1, influenza A and SARS-CoV-2 infect human cells. He is also the Editor-in -Chief of the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens