Alex Maier has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP). This is the highest honour the Society can award, and was presented to Alex during the 2018 ASP conference.The award recognises Alex's leadership in both research and teaching, including the establishment of the International Research Training Group program with Humboldt University, and the Concepts in Parasitology course, and his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of malaria pathogenesis that has led to multiple patents and the first genetically attenuated malaria live vaccine to enter clinical trials.