Dr Álvaro Acosta-Serrano

For over 20 years, Álvaro Acosta Serrano has worked on several aspects of kinetoplastid parasites and their insect vectors, ranging from basic biology to disease control, with a focus on African trypanosomes and tsetse flies. He is originally from Venezuela and obtained his PhD in Molecular Parasitology from the Federal University of São Paulo, in Brazil, under the supervision of Sérgio Schenkman and Mike Ferguson (Scotland). He was a post-doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the lab of Paul Englund, and then a Wellcome Research Fellow at both the University of Dundee with Mike Ferguson and at the University of Glasgow within Dave Barry’s group. In 2008 he joined the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine where he is now cross appointed between the Departments of Vector Biology and Tropical Disease Biology as a Reader. Álvaro is actively engaged in the mentorship and teaching of parasitology and vector biology within the UK and several countries, including at the Woods Hole Biology of Parasitism course. He currently serves as academic editor for several journals, and advises on several scientific committees and networks.