Prof. Gediminas Valkiūnas, Head, P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology, Vilnius. PhD in Parasitology, 1984, Institute of Zoology and Parasitology, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Main interests: basic biology of haemosporidian parasites (Apicomplexa). Researcher since 1984. Over 200 articles published in Web of Science journals. WoS h index, h=53. Lithuanian State Award in Science (1999). Baltic Assembly Award in Science (2006). The R. Barclay McGhee Award, the American Society of Parasitologists, USA (2009). Academician P. B. Šivickis Award, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (2020). Full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (2011-).