Mihnea Bostina serves as the President of Microscopy New Zealand and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago, New Zealand and the Academic Lead of the Electron Microscopy Unit at the Otago Micro and Nano Imaging Center. Dr. Bostina obtained an MSc from Bucharest University, Romania, followed by a PhD in Biophysics from the Max Planck Institute and Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. He previously held positions at Harvard Medical School and McGill University before joining the University of Otago in 2013.

Dr. Bostina group employs electron microscopy (EM) techniques to study viral structures and virus-host interactions critical for infection, focusing on oncolytic viruses like Senecavirus, SARS-related coronaviruses, bacteriophages, and wildlife viruses affecting endangered species.