Dr. Carlos Rosales is an immunologist with great experience on the functions of leukocytes during inflammation, the immune response, and cancer. He has a B.Sc. in biochemistry (1981) and a M. Sc. in pharmaceutical chemistry (1984) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - UNAM), and a Ph.D. in immunology (1993) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He also conducted research at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has published more than 71 original articles, 20 book chapters, and edited two books on phagocytosis. The impact of his research is shown in the more than 4500 citations to his publications. Dr. Rosales is now full professor at the immunology department of Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM. He is also regular member of the Mexican Immunology Society, the Mexican Academy of Science, and the Society for Leukocyte Biology.