Felix Pahmeier is a Ph.D. candidate in the Infectious Diseases and Immunity program at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. He completed his undergraduate degree at Muenster University investigating co-infections of viruses and bacteria, and earned his Master's in Molecular Biosciences - Infectious Diseases from Heidelberg University, where he worked on virus-derived replication organelles. In Dr. Eva Harris's lab, Felix studies mechanisms of vascular leak in flavivirus and bunyavirus infections. As a CEND Fellow, he is pursuing a new line of investigation into the long-term consequences of viral infections on the human vasculature and their potential implications for public health. Felix is passionate about emerging and neglected diseases because they affect the most vulnerable communities and exacerbate global health inequalities.