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Rhiannon studied BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2013 before returning to her home town of Liverpool to complete the MSc in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) in 2014.
She started her career as a technician in LSTM's Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment (LITE) then moved over to the Vector Biology Department to work as a research assistant with Dr. Mark Paine then Prof. Grant Hughes.
She completed her PhD in 2025 in Heidelberg University with Prof. Victoria Ingham, where she characterised Anopheles insecticide resistance, and its impact on the development of Plasmodium falciparum within the vector.
She is now working as a post-doctoral research associate with Dr. Hanafy Ismail's Chemical Biology Group helping with his Insecticide Resistance Prediction Platform. This work investigates mechanisms of Anopheles resistance towards novel chemistries to help reduce vector-borne diseases.
Rhiannon's interests include how Anopheles develop mechanisms to resist malaria vector control tools, and how we can understand and exploit this to improve control strategies. She is also interested in the indirect effects that inseticide resistance has on the Plasmodium parasite as it develops within the Anopheline vector.
Research interests
Anopheline insecticide resistance
Plasmodium development and tranmission
Vector-parasite interactions
Vector control
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PhD, Insecticide resistance and vector competence: disentangling complex phenotypes in Anopheles mosquitoes, Heidelberg University
18 Jan 2021 → 13 Aug 2025
Award Date: 13 Aug 2025
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are associated with insecticide resistance in the major malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus
Logan, R. A. E., Mäurer, J. B., Wapler, C. & Ingham, V. A., 24 Aug 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 19821.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Video-tracked Anopheles arabiensis entry and exit behaviour at washed and damaged pyrethroid-treated bednets
Parker, J. E. A., Kakilla, C., Nelwin, K., Kroner, C., Logan, R., Mahmoud, H., Towers, C., Manjurano, A., Towers, D. & McCall, P., 29 May 2024, In: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 5, 231165.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Author Correction: New insecticide screening platforms indicate that Mitochondrial Complex I inhibitors are susceptible to cross-resistance by mosquito P450s that metabolise pyrethroids
Lees, R., Mahmoud, H., Logan, R., Malone, D., Davies, R., Anthousi, A., Adolfi, A., Lycett, G. & Paine, M., 1 Dec 2023Research output: Other contribution
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Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti
Logan, R., Quek, S., Muthoni, J. N., von Eicken, A., Brettell, L., Anderson, E., Villena, M. E. N., Hegde, S., Patterson, G. T., Heinz, E., Hughes, G. & Patterson, I., 29 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88, 18Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Indoor residual spraying practices against Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Chaco: contributing factors to suboptimal insecticide delivery to treated households
Gonçalves, R., Logan, R., Mahmoud, H., Paine, M., Bern, C. & Courtenay, O., 16 Jun 2021, In: Parasites and Vectors. 14, 1, 327.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus)