Amanda Callaghan Explained

Alma Mater:London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (PhD)
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Workplaces:University of Montpellier
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Amanda Callaghan

Amanda Callaghan FRES is an entomologist in the United Kingdom.

Education and career

Callaghan was awarded a PhD in Insect Biochemistry from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1989, she then moved to the University of Montpellier as a Royal Society Science Exchange fellow.[1]

Since 1990 she has been based at the University of Reading, where she is Professor of Invertebrate Zoology and is also Curator of the Cole Museum of Zoology.[2]

Research

Her research looks at freshwater invertebrates and she specialises in British mosquitoes, and the microplastic pollution and ecotoxicology of freshwater invertebrates.

Callaghan has showed that in lab experiments mosquito larvae can feed on microplastic particles and these will remain in their bodies when they metamorphose through to a pupa and then a flying adult mosquito.[3]

She monitors British mosquito species to look at whether their distribution and behaviour is changing in response to global climate change and whether there might be a risk of Malaria disease transmission in Northern Europe.[4] In particular she has highlighted that the use of water butts in UK gardens can create a habitat in which female mosquitoes can lay their eggs.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. www.cambridgescholars.com. 2019-12-15. 15 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215134727/https://www.cambridgescholars.com/t/AdvisoryBoardAmandaC. dead.
  2. Web site: PROFESSOR AMANDA CALLAGHAN. reading.ac.uk. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140914143127/http://www.reading.ac.uk/biologicalsciences/about/staff/a-callaghan.aspx . 2014-09-14 . 15 Dec 2019.
  3. Web site: Microplastics in mosquitos could contaminate food chains - Geographical Magazine. Burton. Katie. geographical.co.uk. en-gb. 2019-12-15. 1 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190701012210/http://geographical.co.uk/places/wetlands/item/2978-microplastics-in-mosquitos. dead.
  4. Web site: Rain barrels, wrigglers and rising temperatures bring concern about malaria to urban England. Public Radio International. en. 2019-12-15.
  5. News: Mosquitoes moving into UK cities. Kinver. Mark. 2014-05-21. 2019-12-15. en-GB.