Prof. Álvaro Acosta-Serrano University of Norte Dame, USA

Prof. Álvaro Acosta-Serrano is a renowned parasitologist and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his PhD in Molecular Parasitology from the Federal University of São Paulo, followed by postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He previously held prestigious Wellcome... read moreTrust fellowships in the UK and served at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine for over a decade. His research focuses on kinetoplastid parasites such as Trypanosoma and Leishmania, and their insect vectors, particularly tsetse and sand flies. He develops molecular strategies to disrupt disease transmission, including innovative approaches like using the drug nitisinone for malaria control.