Maureen Coetzee

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6] A subgenus of the Aedes mosquito, Coetzeemyia, was named after her.[7][8] Also a genus of bacteria strongly associated with malaria mosquitoes, Coetzeea, was named after her.[9] Professor Coetzee has published over 190 peer-reviewed scholarly articles.[10]

Maureen Coetzee
Born8 October 1951
Benoni, South Africa
NationalitySouth Africa
Alma materPhD University of the Witwatersrand
Scientific career
FieldsMalaria
InstitutionsUniversity of the Witwatersrand

South African Institute for Medical Research

Malaria Control Programme, SA Department of Health, Tzaneen
Websitewww.wits.ac.za/health/research-entities/

Awards and honors
  • The Kwame Nkrumah Science Award, (2011)[11]

References
  1. "Members". Academy of Science of South Africa. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. "SA's women scientists honoured". brandsouthafrica.com/. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. "Malaria Entomology Research Unit". University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. "Distinguished Women in Science: Life, Natural and Engineering Sciences". Mail and Guardian. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. "Fighting mosquitoes with mosquitoes: Biological weapons target Zika virus". Robyn Dixon. Los Angeles Times. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. "Mosquitoes: Inside the blood shed". Faranaaz Parker. Mail and Guardian. 7 Jun 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  7. "Aedini | Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory". mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. "Current MPAC members". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  9. 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.
  10. "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Coetzee, Maureen)". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  11. "Women Scientists Honored At Pan African University Launch". VOA. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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