Biography:
Maria Alejandra Vethencourt Ysea is a microbiologist who graduated from the University of the Andes in Venezuela (1991) and holds a Ph.D. in Science with a concentration in Immunology (2014) from the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), as well as a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from the European Center for Master’s and Postgraduate Studies (2023). She had taught at the Central University of Venezuela (10 years), the University of Medical Sciences (Costa Rica) for 5 years, and currently, since 2025, at the Latin University of Costa Rica. Her current line of research is related to One Health, specifically the molecular detection of parasites and bacteria with zoonotic potential. She has more than 20 publications in this field.
Title : Standardization of parasitic and molecular techniques for the detection and characterization of toxocara spp. from feces and soil