Professional and academic experience

• 25 years of professional working experience within an academic environment as well as in national agricultural research institutions in Africa
• Editor-in-chief (ticks) of the Journal Experimental and Applied Acarology
• Coordinator of a large network of scientists (ICTTD) working on ticks and tick-borne diseases in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia, which started in 1995 and has developed into an internationally recognized
• Forum for tick-borne disease control policies.

Subjects taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Research interests

Molecular diagnostics and vaccine development for ticks and tick-borne diseases

Research output/publications

178 publications in peer-reviewed journals.