Isabella Monne is a veterinarian, currently Head of the Viral genomics and transcriptomics laboratory at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) which hosts the EU/FAO/WOAH Reference Laboratory (RL) for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease. Since 2016, she has served as a WOAH expert for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, supporting reference laboratory activities at the science–policy interface. Her work is strongly One Health–oriented, combining genomic surveillance and bioinformatics with field and epidemiological information across wildlife, poultry, and other susceptible hosts to understand viral evolution, transmission pathways, and determinants of host range and zoonotic risk, particularly for avian influenza. She leads and contributes to multiple national and international projects and has authored or co-authored 168 peer-reviewed publications.
