Noxolo Ntuli is a Medical Scientist at the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa. She obtained a BSc and BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. She then pursued a Master’s degree at the University of Johannesburg, majoring in Population Genetics. Ntuli is currently involved in genomic surveillance of respiratory diseases, mainly SARS-CoV-2, Pneumonia, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu. She is also involved in training scientists from African countries on SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance under the SEQAFRICA and WHO programmes.