Field of Expertise

Plasmodium vivax biology and epidemiology

Current areas of research

Erythrocyte invasion by P. vivax

Malaria epidemiology

Malaria parasite transmission

Research grants received

PI: Center of Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases to study malaria epidemiology (2015-2016)

PI: Wellcome Trust to study the mechanism of P. vivax invasion of reticulocytes (2014-2019)

Co-PI: Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance to determine malaria transmission intensity (2013-2014)

PI: Thailand Research Fund to develop transfection methods for P. vivax liver stages (2013-2016)

PI: FTM Dean’s Research Fund to characterize Plasmodium ookinete proteins (2013-2015)

PI: FTM Dean’s Research Fund to study expression of P. vivax reticulocyte binding proteins (2013-2015)