Rodrigo Morchón García is an Associate Professor in the Parasitology Area of the Department of Animal Biology, Parasitology, Ecology, Soil Science, and Agricultural Chemistry at the University of Salamanca (USAL).
He holds a degree in Biological Sciences, a PhD in Tropical Diseases, and a Doctor Europeus distinction from the University of Salamanca, where he was awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize.
He teaches in various undergraduate and master’s programs at USAL and other universities, covering topics related to animal and human parasitology, new technologies, educational innovation, and other subjects within the field of Health Sciences.
His main line of research focuses on animal and human dirofilariosis (Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens), as well as other vector-borne zoonotic diseases and infections caused by Angiostrongylus vasorum, within the research group GIR “Zoonotic Diseases and One Health” at USAL. He is also responsible for the GTC Environmental Dynamization, Circular Economy and One Health, and a member of the ATIC group, also at USAL. Additionally, he is involved in various studies addressing the control of porcine ascariosis and ham mites (Tyrophagus putrescentiae), in collaboration with companies from the pig farming sector.
He currently serves as President of the European Society of Dirofilariosis and Angiostrongylosis (ESDA), corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Castile and León, board member of the Spanish Society of Parasitology (SOCEPA), coordinator of the Biology and Geology specialization of the MUPES Master’s Program, and head of international student recruitment at USAL. He is also an associate member of the “Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutic Research” group of the IUIBS at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and a researcher at both the Center for Environmental Studies and Rural Dynamization (CEADIR) at USAL and the Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL).
