Prof. Felipe Guhl is a Biologist, Microbiologist, and Tropical Parasitologist Currently Emeritus Professor at Los Andes University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Bogotá. He is also the Director of the Tropical Parasitology Research Centre, Universidad de los Andes, and a Specialist on Chagas disease (vector and parasite) molecular ecoepidemiology, immunology, fossil DNA, and control. He has been working in research and control of Chagas Disease and other parasitic diseases for the last 35 years. Actively involved in the Continental initiatives for vector and transfusional control of American trypanosomiasis. He is a Member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel for Parasitic Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva; Editor of Acta Tropica (Elsevier); Former President of the Colombian Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association. Former President of the Latin American Federation for Parasitology. He was awarded the prize “Life and Work” by the Alumni Association of Great Britain. Awarded the National Prize for Sciences “Alejandro Angel Escobar” and the Scientific Merit National Award by the Colombian Association for the Advance in Sciences. His research topics mainly include Tropical Parasitology, Neglected Diseases, Molecular Biology, Control Strategies, and Chagas Disease.
