Principal Investigators
Information on our research staff is available via their profiles
Principal Investigators

Prof. dr. M. Yazdanbakhsh (Head Department of Parasitology and Leiden Immunologyparasitology Group)
- Human Immunology
- Immune modulation
- Population studies

Prof. dr. C.H. Hokke (Head of the Leiden Parasite Glycobiology Group)
- Schistosomiasis and helminth infections
- Glycomics and glycan arrays
- Glyco-immunology

Dr. Lisette van Lieshout (Associate Professor, Head of Leiden Clinical Parasitology Group)
- Clinical Parasitology
- Diagnostics
- Global Health teaching
- External Quality Assessment Schemes for Parasitology

Dr. Chris J Janse (Head of the Leiden Malaria Research Group)
- Malaria (Parasitology)
- Vaccine development
- Cell and Molecular Biology

Prof. Hermelijn H. Smits (Professor in 'Host-commensal interactions and Immunemodulation')
- Immunology
- Parasitology
- Pulmonology

Dr. Bruno Guigas (Associate Professor)
- Immunometabolism
- Type 2 diabetes
- Obesity
- Macrophages

Dr. Angela van Diepen (Senior researcher)
- Glycobiology
- Glycan Arrays
- Glycoimmunology
- Schistosomiasis

Dr. Blandine M.D. Franke-Fayard
- Parasitology - Malaria
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Biology and Imaging

Dr. Shahid M. Khan (Associate Professor) †
- Parasitology - Malaria
- Vaccine Research
- Parasite Cell and Molecular biology
- Parasite Genetic Modification

Dr. Meta Roestenberg (Professor Human models for vaccine development)
- Infectious diseases
- Controlled Human infection
- Vaccine development

Dr. Bart Everts (Associate Professor)
- Dendritic cells
- Type 2 immune responses
- Immunometabolism

Dr. Govert van Dam
- Diagnostiek
- Schistosomiasis
- Sneltesten