Dr. Tilston-Lunel obtained a PhD in Molecular Virology from the University of St Andrews, Scotland under the mentorship of late Prof. Richard M. Elliott. Dr. Tilston-Lunel studied bunyaviruses with a primary focus on Oropouche virus. In 2016, she moved to the US for her postdoctoral training with Prof. Paul W. Duprex, first at the NEIDL, Boston University followed by a few years at the Center for Vaccine Research (CVR), University of Pittsburgh. Here, her main focus was investigating the therapeutic use of defective interfering viral particles. Along with the rest of the CVR much of her work from 2020 until mid 2021 has been SARS-CoV-2 related. In September 2022, the Tilston lab opened at IU with a focus on bunyaviruses and how they cause disease. To learn more check out www.thetilstonlab.org