Dr. Prasanna Honnavar is currently an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the American University of Antigua College of Medicine, Antigua. He obtained his MSc in Medical Microbiology from KMC, Manipal. He completed his Ph.D. (WHO Centre of Advanced research in Medical Mycology) in Medical Microbiology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, where he was awarded with Gold medal for his PhD thesis. He earned his Certificate in Medical Teaching from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He is appointed as the American Society for Microbiology Country Ambassador to Antigua & Barbuda. Recently he was honored with Dean’s award- of appreciation for research, Junior Faculty. Before joining AUA, he was the system chair of infection and immunity and an assistant professor at the Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba, where he taught microbiology and immunology to MD students and involved in research for three years. He has received numerous awards for his research in the field of medical mycology, including the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology Young Scholarship twice, the Dr. P. Venugopal Glaxo Meritorious award, the Nawopia Dr. Pankajalakshmi V. prize, the Kamalam Glaxo award, and three international travel awards. He has authored over 25 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, with over 670 citations, an H-index of 15, and an i10 index of 18.