Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, M.D., M.Sc., D.T.M. and H., F.R.S.T.M.H. (Lon), F.F.T.M.R.C.P.S. (Glasg), F.A.C.E., Ph.D.(c), Hon.D.Sc., is an expert in tropical and emerging diseases, particularly in zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. He is President of the Travel Medicine Committee, Pan-American Infectious Diseases Association (API), as well as the Vice President, Colombian Infectious Diseases Association (ACIN). He is a member of the Committee on Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses, and Travel Medicine, ACIN. He is part of the Executive Board of the Latin American Society for Travel Medicine (SLAMVI) and of the Council of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. Since 2014, he has been recognized as Senior Researcher, Ministry of Science (MinCiencias), Colombia. He is Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, and of the Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de las Americas, in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. He is Codirector of the Public Health and Infection Research Group, UTP, classified A1 by Colciencias. His Scopus H index is 30 (Google scholar H index, 46).