Miss Rhiannon Logan

  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Vector Biology
Miss Rhiannon Logan

Biography

 

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 

 

Selected research publications

Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are associated with insecticide resistance in the major malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus – Journal: Scientific Reports – Published: 24th August 2024

Video-tracked Anopheles arabiensis entry and exit behaviour at washed and damaged pyrethroid-treated bednets – Journal: Royal Society Open Science – Published: 29th May 2024

Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti – Journal: Applied and Environmental Microbiology – Published: 29th August 2022

Indoor residual spraying practices against Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Chaco: contributing factors to suboptimal insecticide delivery to treated households – Journal: Parasites and Vectors – Published: 16th June 2021

Tenebenal: a meta-diamide with potential for use as a novel mode of action insecticide for public health – Journal: Malaria Journal – Published: 10th November 2020

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