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Readership for Dr Frédéric Tripet
Dr Frédéric Tripet, previously a Lecturer in the Molecular Biology of Insect Vectors of Diseases, has been promoted to Reader.
Frédéric Tripet obtained his BSc and PhD degrees in Switzerland, the former in Biology from the University of Lausanne and the latter from the University of Bern on Evolutionary Biology. His promise was recognised by the Swiss Science Foundation by the award of a Fellowship in 1997, and an Advanced Fellowship in 2000, which enabled him to launch his academic career through research appointments in California and Texas. Frédéric joined Keele as a Lecturer in 2006, and continued to develop highly successful research studying insect vectors associated with malaria transmission.
His seminal studies on the ecology and population genetics of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae have had a major impact in the field, with 49 publications widely cited by other researchers. Major collaborative projects have included support from the Wellcome Trust (£800k in 2008) and the Medical Research Council (£1M in 2010). Frédéric has not only been committed to understanding the basic science of malaria, but has been keen to see his results affect practices in communities.
His studies on the emergence of pesticide resistance have been used to inform malaria control programmes and he was instrumental in establishing a code of practice for the use of transgenic mosquitoes, leading to new governmental guidelines and increased public awareness on these issues.
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