Alessandra Della Torre

Alessandra della Torre is Professor of Parasitology in the Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease. She leads the Medical Entomology group which is focused on arthropod vectors of human and zoonotic diseases, with particular reference to Aedes invasive mosquito species vector of exotic arboviruses in Europe and Afro-topical malaria vectors.
The research projects integrate genomic, molecular, cytogenetic, ecological and behavioural approaches to laboratory and field activities, in collaboration with research groups in Europe, USA and Australia - in order to characterize the biology of Aedes albopictus and other Aedes Invasive species in temperate regions - and in Africa, Europe, USA - to better characterize the dynamics of malaria transmission.
The newly acquired knowledge is exploited to optimize mosquito vector’s surveillance and control approaches.
She received support by WHO-TDR, the FP7 and H2020 European funding schemes, National Institute of Health (NIH-USA) and Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, coordinated the H2020 Aedes Invasive Mosquito COST Action (AIM-COST) gathering research groups from 37 European countries, and is a member of the Inter-sectorial Task Force on Vector Borne Diseases of the Italian Ministry of Health.
She published 155 papers in peer-reviewed Journals (H-index=49).