Marc H. V. van Regenmortel

Marc Hubert Victor van Regenmortel (6 December 1934 – 21 November 2024) was a Belgian virologist known for his work on virus classification. He was the editor-in-chief of the Archives of Virology for twenty years prior to retiring in 2018. He continued to serve as editor-in-chief of both the Journal of Molecular Recognition and the Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research. In June 2018, a symposium was held in his honor to mark his retirement as editor-in-chief of Archives of Virology. The symposium was organized by Springer Nature and chaired by Tim Skern, van Regenmortel's successor as the journal's editor-in-chief. He died on 21 November 2024, at the age of 89.