Edgardo Moreno

Name: Edgardo Moreno (Humboldt Honorary Chair Professor) Work: Veterinary School of the National University, Costa Rica Degrees: Lic. Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, 1975 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1979. Posdoctoral Training: Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Germany 1985-1986 Sabbatical: Center for Immunology, Marseille (CIML), France 1987-1988 Sabbatical: Max Planck Institute for Infectious Diseases, Germany 2002-2003 H-Index: 57 Edgardo Moreno contributions are in the pathobiology of brucellosis in both animals and humans. His investigations are devoted to the comprehension of those mechanisms involved in Brucella intracellular life, the structure of the bacterial surface, the innate immune response, the diagnosis of the disease, and the evolution and genetics of the genus Brucella. Besides, he has investigated the biological effects of antimicrobial peptides and snake venom toxins. Prof. Moreno acted as director of the Tropical Disease Research Program of the National University (1990-2005) and as Dean of Student Affairs of the Graduate Programme in Biomedical Sciences between the Central American universities and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden (1990-2005). In 1999 was the first General Coordinator of the Network for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases in Central America (NeTropica). From 2006-2008 he acted as General Director of the Health Section of the Ibero-American Programme on Science and Technology Development. He was vice-president and president a.i of the National Academy of Sciences in Costa Rica (2013-2016). He also dedicates to the popularization of science, with close to 80 assays.