Aline Maksimov is a graduate engineer (FH) in environmental engineering and biotechnology. After studying in Mittweida, she supported the work and research of the FriedrichLoeffler-Institut at the Institute for Epidemiology in Wusterhausen/Dosse for 4 years. Under the direction of Dr Gereon Schares, she worked there in the field of parasitology. After the site was closed, she moved to the Institute for Virus Diagnostics in 2014 and was part of Prof. Dr. Timm Harder's National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza until 2022. Since January 2023, she has strengthened the team of Prof. Dr. Fabian Leendertz's research group "Ecology and Emergence of Zoonoses".