Andrea Crisanti (scientist)

Andrea Crisanti
Andrea Crisanti
Member of the Senate
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 October 2022
Constituency	Overseas
Personal details
Born	14 September 1954; 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.

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