Prof. Dr. Carl Lowenberger is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University. He obtained his BSc in Environmental Biology and Entomology from the University of Guelph, his MPM in Entomology and Parasitology from Simon Fraser University, and his PhD in Parasitology from McGill University. Dr. Lowenberger’s lab studies immune responses to disease-causing organisms in insects: Dengue viruses in Aedes aegypti causing Dengue, Plasmodium gallinaceum in Aedes aegypti as a model for avian malaria, Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti causing human lymphatic filariasis, and Trypanosoma cruzi in Rhodnius prolixus causing Chagas disease.