Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Pathogens 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Pathogens Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Pathogens. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Gabriel Augusto Marques Rossi
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Vila Velha (UVV), Vila Velha, Brazil.
Research Interests: cysticercosis; dairy; meat; inspection; zoonosis; bacillus cereus; bacteria; foodborne; food microbiology; food inspection.

Prof. Joseph O. Falkinham
Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Research Interests: biofilms; mycobacteria; disinfectant susceptibility; antibiotic susceptibility, pseudomonas aeruginosa, acinetobacter baumannii, stenotrophomonas maltophilia; methylobacterium.

Dr. Maxime Pichon
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
Research Interests: bacterial infection; infectiology; microbiome; diagnosis; antibiotic resistance.

The Prize for Each Winner:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Pathogens after peer review in 2024;
– A certificate.

Kind regards,
Pathogens Editorial Office