Rate My Professor Alex Maier

The Maier Group elucidates molecular mechanisms of malaria pathogenesis and transmission, exploring how parasites survive in hosts, sexual differentiation processes, and lipids' roles in Plasmodium falciparum life-cycle progression using biochemical, molecular, genetic, and cell biological techniques to identify intervention targets. Key publications include 'Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes' (2008), 'Malaria parasite proteins that remodel the host erythrocyte' (2009), 'A newly discovered protein export machine in malaria parasites' (2009), 'Changes in lipid composition during sexual development of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum' (2016), and 'Harnessing cholesterol uptake of malaria parasites for therapeutic applications' (2024). Professor Maier has received the 2023 Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence (science category), ANU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2021), Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Public Policy and Outreach (2016) for developing the Australian Society for Parasitology's Concepts in Parasitology course, Fellowship of the Australian Society for Parasitology (2018), Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2018), Laureate of the Khwarizmi International Award (2011), and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship.