Andrea Crisanti (scientist)

Andrea Crisanti
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 October 2022
Constituency	Overseas
Personal details
Born	(1954-09-14) 14 September 1954 (age 70) Rome, Italy
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse	Nicoletta Catteruccia ​ ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome Basel Institute for Immunology
Scientific career
Institutions	Imperial College London University of Perugia University of Padua
Doctoral students	Flaminia Catteruccia
Website	www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.drcrisanti

Andrea Crisanti (born 14 September 1954) is an Italian full professor of microbiology at the University of Padua and politician. He previously was professor of Molecular Parasitology at Imperial College London. He is best known for the development of genetically manipulated mosquitoes with the objective to interfere with either their reproductive rate or the capability to transmit diseases such as malaria.^[1]