Maureen Coetzee
Entomologist
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| Intro | Entomologist | ||||||||
| Places | South Africa | ||||||||
| is | Zoologist Entomologist | ||||||||
| Work field | Biology | ||||||||
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| Birth | 8 October 1951, Benoni, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa | ||||||||
| Age | 73 years | ||||||||
| Star sign | Libra | ||||||||
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Biography
Maureen Coetzee is a medical entomologist, specialising in African malaria vector mosquitoes for over 40 years. She is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She is a consultant in the World Health Organization 's Global Malaria Programme. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand. A subgenus of the Aedes mosquito, Coetzeemyia, was named after her. Also a genus of bacteria strongly associated with malaria mosquitoes, Coetzeea, was named after her. Professor Coetzee has published over 190 peer-reviewed scholarly articles.
Awards and honors
- The Kwame Nkrumah Science Award, (2011)