Professor Stephen Torr
| Professor Stephen Torr | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1959 |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of London Imperial College London |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
Stephen Torr, (born 24 March 1959, Peterborough, England) is a British entomologist. He is a chair in Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,.[1], and has over 30 years experience working on the behaviour, ecology and control of vectors of tropical disease, notably tsetse flies and mosquitoes. Torr is best known for his work on developing novel control methods for tsetse flies, with his research being noted the "eighth most important scientific discovery of the last 60 years" by a poll of UK academics in 2010 [2][3], announced by Nobel Prize winner Harry Kroto [4]
Education and career[edit]
Torr attended Royal Holloway, University of London, where he studied Zoology (B.Sc. 1980). He enrolled at Imperial College London in the same year and gained a master's degree in Applied Entology (M.Sc., 1981). Subsequently, Torr studied insect behaviour at the University of London, where he obtained his doctorate by thesis "The host-orientated behaviour of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae)" (Ph.D, 1987)[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Retrieved on 26 July 2019 from The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Professor Stephen Torr
- ↑ Bexley Times. Retrieved on 26 July 2019 from Bexley Times: "Greenwich: Life saving fake cow invented to stop the spread of disease"
- ↑ BBC News England. Retrieved on 26 July 2019 from BBC News: "Praise for fly-killing fake cow"
- ↑ University of Greenwich. Retrieved on 26 July 2019 from University of Greenwich: Life-saving research at University of Greenwich listed in top ten discoveries
- ↑ Imperial College London, Stephen J. Torr. Retrieved on 26 July 2019 from Spiral, Imperial College London
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