Amanda Callaghan
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+44 (0) 118 378 4428
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Professor
- Professor of Invertebrate Zoology
- Curator of the Cole Museum of Zoology
- School Director of Recruitment and Admissions
- University Lead Environmental Sustainability Strategy (Education)
Postgraduate supervision
PhD supervisor of:
- Daniel Smith (QMEE NERC based at Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
- Lewis Yardy (self-funded)
- Dominic Brass (QMEE NERC based at Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
- Alex Vaux (Wilkie Calvert/Public Health England)
Previous:
- 2016-2020 Dr Ross Cuthbert registered Queens University Belfast with Prof Jaimie Dick
- 2014-2019 Dr Rana Al-Jaibachi Jordan, self-funded
- 2013-2017 Dr Natali Ortiz Columbia govt
- 2010-2015 Dr Susannah Townroe NERC
- 2006-2007 Dr Neal Sorokin NERC
- 2006-2010 Dr Chris Hill with Richard Sibly NERC
- 2005-2008 Dr Lars Heckman with Richard Sibly Zeneca/Syngenta
- 2003-2007 Dr David Gwynn with Mark Fellowes Reading Funding RETF
- 2002- 2009 Dr Gregory Thomas Canada, self-funded
- 2002-2007 Dr David Buss UK, self-funded
- 2001-2004 Dr Melanie Andrews (with external Graham Moores) Lawes Trust with Rothamsted Research
- 1999-2003 Dr Liane B. Printes Brazilian Government
- 1999-2002 Professor Richard Connon NERC-funded tied
- 1997-2001 Dr Elaine Gould UoR
- 1996-2000 Dr Mandla Mpho with Graham Holloway University of Botswana
- 1994 -1998 Dr David Head Wellcome Trust
- 1993 -1997 Dr Nteba Makate University of Botswana
- 1993-1997 Dr V.R. Subramaniam Felix Scholarship
- 1992 -1996 Dr Penny J.A.N. Parker NERC
- 1992 -1997 Dr Naima M. Laias Libyan Government
- 1991 -1994 Dr Andy Spencer SERC CASE Central Science Laboratories
Teaching
Part 1 module coordinator BI1EAB1 Animal Diversity
Research centres and groups
Impact, Enterprise and Outreach
- Interviews for broadcast and print media on mosquito research and the Cole Museum
- Co-author of Garden Entomology, popular science booklets for the Royal Entomological Society
Research projects
- British mosquito ecology and control
- Microplastics in freshwater invertebrates
- Ecotoxicology in freshwater invertebrates
- Pond dyes
Awards and honours
Esteem Factors
- External examining of undergraduate degrees and PhDs
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow, Royal Society of Biology
- Fellow, Royal Entomological Society
- Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Panel of Advisers (for 3-6 years) who advise on both PGR and PGT scholarships 2016-2019
- Former editor of Antenna, bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society
- Invited lectures on Learning Gain nationally
Professional bodies/affiliations
International Collaborators
- Dr Tatenda Dalu, University of Venda, South Africa
- Dr Olajire Gbaye, Federal University of Akure, Nigeria
- Dr Richard Connon, University of California, Davis
National Collaborators
- Dr Steven White and Dr Beth Purse, (CEH Wallingford)
- Professor Jaimie Dick (Queens University Belfast)
- Dr Jolyon Medlock, Public Health England