Affiliation: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Luna Barroco de Lacerda is a Brazilian immunologist and vaccine researcher with a strong focus on malaria. She holds a PhD in health sciences from Fiocruz Minas and completed a doctoral exchange at Boston Children’s Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Luna earned her master’s degree in basic and applied immunology from the University of São Paulo and a bachelor’s in biotechnology from the Federal University of Amazonas. Her work spans immunobiological development, vaccine research, and adaptive immunity in Plasmodium infections, with early experience founding the Synthetic Biology Center in Manaus.