Idzi Potters holds a professional bachelor degree in (bio)chemistry and in biomedical laboratory technology. He holds a certificate of specialization in helminthology and protozoology and can draw on more than 25 years of experience in a reference laboratory, working as a laboratory technician in the Department of Clinical Sciences, at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (https://www.itg.be/en). He is actively involved in the diagnosis of intestinal parasites, tissue parasites, blood parasites, and ectoparasites, but also trains other professionals in postgraduate and master’s courses (https://www.itg.be/en/study/studying-at-itm) and gives parasitology courses to medical students at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Idzi has experience with capacity exchange abroad, setting up a laboratory for schistosomiasis diagnosis in Richard-Toll, Senegal, and giving in-depth training on the aspects of malaria diagnosis in Kisantu, Demoratic Republic of the Congo, with a focus on knowledge transfer to peers (“training the trainers”). Idzi has organized, chaired and spoken at various parasitology workshops and conferences, as well as given several interviews for Belgian national television, radio and newspapers. He co-authored the second edition of the “WHO Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasites”, and is first author of the chapter "Reagents, Stains and Media: Parasitology" in the "Manual of Clinical Microbiology - 13th Edition" (ASM Press). He has published several scientific articles on peculiar cases, and he is an avid photographer of his “creepy critters”. But most of all: he just loves to look at (and for) parasites (https://www.itg.be/en/health-stories/articles/the-wonderful-world-of-worms)!