Dr Tanya Kerr studied a BSc in Conservation Ecology and worked at Shamwari Private Game Reserve before combining her background in conservation and her interest in wildlife infectious diseases to obtain her PhD from Stellenbosch University in 2016. Her PhD research focused on the molecular epidemiology and the evolution of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in African lions and leopards in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. In 2017 she joined the Animal TB Research Group at Stellenbosch University as a Postdoctoral Researcher before taking up a position as Research Study Coordinator in 2023. Her current research focuses on wildlife infectious diseases including animal tuberculosis (TB) in various wildlife species, Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in lions, leopards and cheetah, as well as Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) in African elephants.