Eva Riveira Muñoz (b. 1977) obtained a degree in Biology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). She then moved to Brussels (Belgium) to pursue a PhD degree, which she obtained from the Université Catholique de Louvain in 2007. Returning to Spain, she spent three years as a post-doc at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona. In 2012 she moved to IrsiCaixa, where she is now working as a post-doc at the Virus-Host Interactions group, led by Ester Ballana.