Matthew (Matt) B. Thomas (born in the United Kingdom) is an ecology professor and Huck Scholar in the Entomology Department at Pennsylvania State University in the United States.[1] He is also affiliated with the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State.
Education and academic positions
edit- B.Sc. at the University College Cardiff
- Ph.D. University of Southampton
- Postdoc and Research Fellow at Imperial College
- CSIRO Entomology in Australia[1]
Research
editThomas has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles on the ecology and evolution of host-pathogen interactions and effects of climate, especially temperature variability, which have been collectively cited over 13,000 times.[2] Thomas developed the novel malaria control tool the "eave tube", with a $10.2 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant.[3][4] Eave tubes are being installed in homes in 40 villages in the Ivory Coast (Boake in Cote d'Ivoire) for the purpose of testing whether they are effective in preventing malaria by killing mosquitoes when mosquito try to enter homes and come into contact with treated netting in the eave tubes.[5][6]
Awards and recognition
edit- 2016 Elected as a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America (ESA)[1]
- 2012 Elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Matt Thomas, ESA Fellow (2016)". Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Matthew Thomas - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Gates, Bill. "Join our giveaway to help stop the spread of malaria". gatesnotes.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Simple mosquito killers are the new buzz in Gates Foundation's malaria battle". The Seattle Times. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Candid. "Gates Foundation Project to Eliminate Malaria Focuses on Insecticides". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Transition of Eave Tubes from Concept to Implementation | Mesa". mesamalaria.org. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 10 February 2019.