Biography:

Born in 1966 in the current province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. Graduated in 1989 in Biology Science. Professor and Researcher at the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas. Currently works at the University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara (UCM-VC), Cuba. Vice-president of the Territorial Tribunal (Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara) for the research categories: Aspiring Researcher and Associate Researcher. President of the Territorial Tribunal for the main teaching categories (Assistant Professor and Full Professor) of the University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara. President of the Villaclareña Section of Entomoepidemiology and Related Sciences (SVECA). Vice-president of the Society of Disaster Reduction and Mitigation of Villa Clara. Member of the Society of Microbiology and Parasitology of Cuba and Cuban Society of Zoology. He has to his credit, more than 440 scientific results/publications, of which, he is the author of 310 scientific articles in specialized journals of recognized prestige and impact, both in Cuba and abroad, many of them indexed in group 1 and Web of Science (WoS) databases, as well as 24 books, among many others. Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journals "The Biologist (Lima)", "Neotropical Helminthology (aphia)", Biotempo, Paideia XXI, "International Journal of Zoology and Animal Biology (IZAB)", "Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences", as well as Associate Editor of the Board "Gulf Journal of Clinical Medicine and Medical Research" (GJCMMR). Reviewer/Referee for more than ten journals, both national and international. Recipient of the National Award of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba (ACC) in 2019. He has taught at the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí" (IPK), University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara and the Universities of Medical Sciences of the provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus and Ciego de Avila.