Gabriella Gibson
Gabriella Gibson FRES | |
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| Alma mater | University of Sussex (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Imperial College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Greenwich |
Gabriella "Gay" Gibson FRES is a medical entomologist in the UK, she specialises in mosquitoes. In 2013 she was appointed Professor of Medical Entomology at the University of Greenwich.[1]
Education and career
Gibson was educated at the University of Sussex where she studied a PhD looking at mosquito behaviour and was awarded the degree in 1981. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Silwood Park campus of Imperial College London and later a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1998 she moved to the Natural Resource Institute at the University of Greenwich where she leads on Pest Behaviour Research. In 2013 was appointed Professor of Medical Entomology.[2]
Research
Gibson's research looks the sensory physiology and behaviour of mosquitoes and how this influences their interactions with humans and other animals. Gibson's team have created a new mosquito trap that can mimic human body odour and incorporates design to encourage mosquitoes to land on the trap surface.[3]
References
- ↑ ORCID. "Gabriella Gibson (0000-0002-3127-8027)". orcid.org. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ↑ "Natural Resources Institute - Gabriella Gibson". www.nri.org. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ Deighton, Ben (28 July 2017). "'Breakthrough' mosquito trap uses human smell and heat". SciDev.net. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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