Fabio T. M. Costa

Dr. Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa is associate Professor of Parasitology at University of Campinas (UNICAMP) located in Campinas (São Paulo State, Brazil). As a malaria researcher at UNICAMP, Dr. Costa is an expert in basic research, focusing on the immunopathological aspects of Plasmodium spp. infections and on the discovery and development of antimalarial drugs and experimental vaccines. Dr. Costa graduated in Biological Sciences at University of Brasilia in 1994. He obtained his Masters’ and PhD degree at Federal University of São Paulo in 1998 and 2001, respectively. From 2001 to 2003, he attended to Université de La Méditerranée/Institut Pasteur (France) as a post-doctoral fellow, working on human and experimental malaria.