Monica Florin-Christensen holds a Biologist degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a PhD from the same University. She has more than 39 years of research experience in biological sciences and has worked in scientific institutions in Argentina, Denmark, Germany, and the USA. For the last few years, she has applied molecular biology and bioinformatics tools to her research to design control strategies, such as vaccines and diagnostic methods, against several different microorganisms and to understand their epidemiology and pathogenicity mechanisms. She has been the President of two international congresses held in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2008 TTP-6 and 2018 TropVetMed). She is a member of the editorial board of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (Elsevier) and regularly acts as a reviewer for several specialized journals from Elsevier, Wiley, PLoS, and others. She has held research grants from CONICET, the Argentine Ministry of Science and Technology, TWAS, the Welcome Trust, and the European Commission, and regularly acts as an evaluator for national and international grant agencies. She has ongoing collaborations with several Argentine scientists as well as international collaborations with researchers from USA, South Africa, The Netherlands, Peru, and Czech Republic to understand the mechanisms of pathogenicity of Babesia sp. hemoparasites and other pathogenic protozoa, such as Sarcocystis aucheniae, and to develop vaccines and diagnostic methods.