Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo is a Senior Scientist at the Mycology Reference Laboratory of the National Center for Microbiology (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Spain, where she leads the Filamentous Fungi Unit. She holds a PhD in Microbiology and a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics.
Her research focuses on public health mycology, including the epidemiology, diagnosis, surveillance, and antifungal resistance of fungal infections. She has led multiple national and international multicenter studies and is widely recognized for her contributions to the field.
Dr Alastruey-Izquierdo is a member of the scientific advisory board of the European partnership One Health AMR, the President of the Spanish Society for Mycology and serves on the Council of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology. She chaired the WHO expert group for the development of the Fungal Priority Pathogens List.
She is a Fellow of ESCMID and ECMM and has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, including international guidelines. She serves as an editor for Clinical Microbiology and Infection and Journal of Fungi.