Gustavo Fontecha is a clinical microbiologist with postgraduate studies in molecular biology and a doctorate in genetics from the Complutense University of Madrid. He is currently a professor and senior researcher at UNAH. He is a founding member of the Research Group in Parasitology-UNAH, as well as the founder and director of the Center for Genetic Research (CIG) of the Institute for Research in Microbiology-UNAH. His main lines of research are molecular markers applied to parasitology, especially malaria. He has published 42 articles indexed in Scopus and received the Long-Standing Award in Scientific Research from the UNAH in 2018.