Fitxa persona

. Director of the lines of research at the UV: a) Diagnosis and Immunopathology; b) Phenotyping of parasites and Vectors. More than 35 years of continuous university teaching experience since 1984 in the first, second and third cycle. Regular teaching in the official postgraduate, doctoral program (recognized as a quality mention program since 2003) and master's and doctoral programs from 2005/06 to date. Coordinator of Postgraduate Teaching Projects related to the improvement of health care for health professionals in the European Union (ERASMUS, COMETT and TEMPUS). Deputy Director of the 'WHO Collaborating Center on Fascioliasis and Its Snail Vectors', (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland). Head of the research group on Diagnosis and Immunopathology. Deputy Director of the 'FAO Reference Center for Parasitology', Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Member of the national research network on Tropical Parasitic Diseases RICET. Co-Director of 10 consecutive editions of the Master's Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases at the University of Valencia from 09-01-2008 to 09-31-2018. Great experience in research projects on parasitic diseases, mainly Fascioliasis. Since 1984/present, continuous participation in 24 competitive research projects of the European Union, National Plan, Health Research Fund Projects (FIS) and regional projects. Author/co-author of more than 100 publications, 13 book chapters, especially on Fasciola, and editor of 5 books. The scientific achievements in Fascioliasis stand out, especially those aimed at the complex calculation of the global impact of human Fascioliasis, with the description of new human endemic areas, reservoirs, phenotypic characterization of the parasite in endemic areas (the first worldwide description of intermediate forms of Fasciola in human endemic areas of Africa and Asia), treatments, pathology in humans and experimental models and their relationship with the immune response and also validation of diagnostic techniques for human disease. Co-author of an outstanding number of communications at international and national congresses , presented in the last 10 years a significant increase in conferences by invitation. Author of the article number one of the 10 most cited articles (Top 10 Cited) among all those published in the Elsevier 'International Journal of Parasitology' (2005-2011): Fascioliasis and other plant-borne trematode zoonoses. Int. J. Parasitol., 2005, 35: 1255-1278. Participation as an expert in the Informal Meeting on use of Triclabendazole in fascioliasis control, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Preventive Chemotherapy & Transmission Control, WHO (Geneva, Switzerland) (2006). Different research stays in Tropical Medicine Centers in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, highlighting the participation as an expert in UN Mission 14 in Vietnam and the Fascioliasis Control Project in Cajamarca (Peru) together with the Alexander Institute V. Humbold (Peru), Peruvian Ministry of Health, PAHO and WHO. 7-month stay at The George Washington University, Washington, USA (2010)..