Mya Breitbart

Mya Breitbart is an American biologist and professor of biological oceanography at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science.

[3] Her father was a food chemist at Lipton and her mother (a geneticist) set up science laboratories at Breitbart's high school.

[1][4] She completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the Florida Institute of Technology where she was first introduced to marine viruses and viral ecology.

[11] As a result of her expertise in viral metagenomics, Breitbart has previously worked with the Kansas City Zoo's veterinarians to investigate the virus which led to an unknown but fatal respiratory illness in four sea lions.

[1][4] In 2013, the Popular Science monthly magazine named Breitbart as one of its annual 'Brilliant Ten', in recognition of her contributions to the field of viral metagenomics.