Dr Kamil Erguler is an Associate Research Scientist at the Climate & Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of The Cyprus Institute. He was trained in Molecular Biology and Genetics at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, and at the University of California, Berkeley. He received an MRes degree in Biochemical Research, an MSc degree in Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology, and a PhD for his work on the mathematical modeling and dynamics of biochemical systems from Imperial College London. In his current position, he is working on modeling vector-borne diseases and assessing the impact of climate on global disease burden.