Andrea Crisanti (scientist)

Andrea Crisanti
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyOverseas
Personal details
Born (1954-09-14) 14 September 1954 (age 70)
Rome, Italy
Political partyDemocratic Party
Spouse
Nicoletta Catteruccia
(m. 1986)
Children1
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions
Doctoral studentsFlaminia Catteruccia
Websitewww.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]

  1. ^ "Projects". Crisanti Lab. Retrieved 24 February 2015.