Biography
Amy Guy is the Test Facility Manager of the Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment. She joined the Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment as a Study Director in 2020 and completed a PhD on mosquito behaviour in 2022. She also holds a BSc (Hons) in Biology and management from the University of Leeds and an MSc in the Biology and Control of Parasites and Disease Vectors from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).
After working as a medical laboratory assistant in the NHS for two years, Amy joined LSTM in 2014. She worked as a technician for Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment and then as a diagnostic dose technician in the vector department before moving to a research assistant post in Dr Philip McCall’s group in 2017. She began her PhD in the Vector Biology department in 2017, with her project focusing on the effects of insecticidal bed nets on insecticide susceptible and resistant mosquito host seeking and blood feeding behaviour.
In her role as Test Facility Manager she is responsible for the organisation and operation of the facility, ensuring it functions according to good laboratory practice principles.
Research interests
Amy’s primary research interests focus on the development and evaluation of new vector control tools for improved control and management of insecticide resistant disease vectors.
Teaching
Amy contributes to the Vector Population Biology and Control module and is a lead host of the In2Stem programme.
Selected research publications
Preliminary Assessment of Bespoke (‘X-tec’) Silica Particles for IRS Applications – Journal: Insects – Published: 5th September 2025
Machine learning reveals immediate disruption in mosquito flight when exposed to Olyset nets – Journal: Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases – Published: 8th June 2025
Impacts of dual active-ingredient bed nets on the behavioural responses of pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae determined by room-scale infrared video tracking – Journal: Malaria Journal – Published: 23rd April 2023
Improving the efficiency of aerosolized insecticide testing against mosquitoes – Journal: Scientific Reports – Published: 18th April 2023
Diffuse retro-reflective imaging for improved video tracking of mosquitoes at human baited bednets – Journal: Royal Society Open Science – Published: 13th May 2020
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