Dr. Iva Kolarova is a senior researcher and a lecturer in the Laboratory for Vector Biology, Dept. of Parasitology, Charles University, Czech Republic. She obtained her Ph.D. in Parasitology in 2005. Her research interests include immunology of host–parasite–vector interaction using a Leishmania–sand fly model. She obtained a Fulbright Scholarship in 2007 to perform her research at National Institutes of Health, USA. She supervises bachelor's, master's and doctoral students, and teaches the courses Immunology of Parasitic Diseases, Practical Course in Parasitology, and Parasitology for the University of the Third Age. Her experience of teaching abroad includes an International Summer School course on Parasite Immunology (2018, Universidade da Coruña, Spain), co-teaching of the course Molecular and Cellular Bases of Pathologies (2019, Université de La Réunion, UFR Santé, France), and co-teaching of the IUIS-FAIS Immuno-Ethiopia Course on Neglected Tropical Diseases and Malaria Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa (2020). In addition, she collaborates with the Center for Talented Minds, Czech Republic, where she serves as an instructor for online courses taught in English (AP Biology, Anatomy and Physiology). She also co-edited a popular science book "Of Parasites and Men" (Triton, 2018), which was awarded as the best educational literature of the year (2019 Magnesia Litera Award). Since 2011, she is a member of the executive board of the Czech Society for Parasitology.