María Antonieta Quispe Ricalde

Maria Antonieta Quispe Ricalde (born 1971) is a Peruvian biologist from National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco (UNSAAC), in Cusco, Peru. In Spain, she has participated in research projects about detection and prevention of pathogenic organisms such as bacterias Yersinia and Bartonella, and also has studied halophilic bacteria that can combat mining pollution while searching for a vaccine for uta (leishmaniasis) at the University of La Laguna (ULL).

She is a professor and researcher at UNSAAC, directing the research lines of biochemistry, genetics and microorganism biotechnology. In 1999, she migrated to Spain to do her doctoral thesis at ULL.

In 2010, she began her journey to find a vaccine for uta (cutaneous leishmaniasis), she conducted research on candidate immunomodulatory molecules for the uta vaccine at ULL.

In 2018, she was invited by researcher Pilar Foronda Rodríguez to do a stay at the Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands at ULL in Spain. Both worked on projects on the detection and prevention of zoonotic pathogens such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis, yersinia and bartonella.

She continued her training at ULL and University of Granada (Spain), Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Peru), Autonomous Metropolitan University (Mexico), etc. She speaks three languages, including English and Italian.

Works Since 1999, Quispe has participated in many projects research in and has publicated articles in various scientific journals.

Awards and honors Distinguished visitor to the National University of Altiplano Puno. "Excellence in Research" Award for her performance as a teacher/researcher at UNSAAC. In 2017, she won "Best research paper" award presented at the VII Research Week UNSAAC. In 2018, she was one of the 11 finalists for the National Award L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science".