Chris leads Vector Biology research at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme in Blantyre, Malawi. He received his biology degree from the University of Durham before completing an M.Sc. at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Chris then moved to Rothamsted Research to do his Ph.D. in molecular entomology. He was a BBSRC Future Leaders Fellow before taking up his current role at LSTM. His group at LSTM/MLW studies vector-borne disease dynamics in Malawi associated with anthropogenic and ecological change.
Current research projects
Shire Valley Vector Control Project (Shire-VEC) (NIHR Global Health Research Group)
Strengthening Resilience against Sleeping Sickness in Malawi (STRESS) (MRC)
Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their Environments (SPACES) (led by University of Stirling, NERC)
Maladrone (led by Michelle Stanton (LSTM), Wellcome Trust)
MAL-SWOTS with Luigi Sedda (Lancaster University) (Wellcome Trust)
Lab group
Rhosheen Mthawanji, MLW, Research Assistant (SPACES)
Julie-Anne Tangena, LSTM, MRC Skills Development Fellow
Remy Hoek Spaans, LSTM, MRC-DTP Ph.D. student
Amy Withers, Lancaster University, NERC Envision Ph.D student