Maureen Coetzee

Maureen Coetzee
Born	8 October 1951 Benoni, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Alma mater	PhD University of the Witwatersrand
Spouse	Richard Hewish Hunt ​ ​ (m. 1989;d. 2021)​ [1]
Scientific career
Fields	Malaria
Institutions	University of the Witwatersrand South African Institute for Medical Research Malaria Control Programme, SA Department of Health, Tzaneen
Website	www.wits.ac.za/health/research-entities/

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. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} A subgenus of the Aedes mosquito, Coetzeemyia, was named after her. ^{[8] [9]} Also a genus of bacteria strongly associated with malaria mosquitoes, Coetzeea , was named after her. ^[10] Professor Coetzee has published over 190 peer-reviewed scholarly articles. ^[11]

Awards and honors

• The Kwame Nkrumah Science Award, (2011) ^[12]

References

1. Shiff, Clive (November 2021). "Richard Hewish HUNT, Ph.D. (Wits) 1939-2021" (PDF). ACME Newsletter. Vol. 6, no. 1. p. 6.
2. "Members". Academy of Science of South Africa . Retrieved 26 October 2017.
3. "SA's women scientists honoured". brandsouthafrica.com/. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
4. "Malaria Entomology Research Unit". University of the Witwatersrand . Retrieved 26 October 2017.
5. "Distinguished Women in Science: Life, Natural and Engineering Sciences". Mail and Guardian. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
6. Dixon, Robyn (8 February 2016). "Fighting mosquitoes with mosquitoes: Biological weapons target Zika virus". Los Angeles Times . Johannesburg. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
7. "Mosquitoes: Inside the blood shed". Faranaaz Parker. Mail and Guardian. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
8. "Aedini | Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory". mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
9. "Current MPAC members". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
10. Kämpfer, Peter; Glaeser, Stefanie P.; Marinotti, Osvaldo; Guy, Lionel; Håkansson, Sebastian; Tadei, Wanderli P.; Busse, Hans-Jürgen; Terenius, Olle (2016). "Coetzeea brasiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from larvae of Anopheles darlingi". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (12): 5211–5217. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001497 . PMID   27624755.
11. "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Coetzee, Maureen)". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
12. "Women Scientists Honored At Pan African University Launch". VOA. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

External links

• Maureen Coetzee on ResearchGate