Maureen Coetzee

Maureen Coetzee
Born (1951-10-08) 8 October 1951 (age 75)
Benoni, South Africa
EducationPhD University of the Witwatersrand
Spouse
Richard Hewish Hunt
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(m. 1989; d. 2021)​
Scientific career
FieldsMalaria
WorkplacesUniversity of the Witwatersrand

South African Institute for Medical Research

Malaria Control Programme, SA Department of Health, Tzaneen
Websitewww.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. 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.

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References

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