Jennifer Mordue

A. Jennifer Mordue FRES FRSB is an entomologist in the United Kingdom. She is Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Aberdeen, the first female professor of zoology at the university.[1]

Jennifer Mordue
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield (BSc)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Aberdeen

Education and career

Mordue was educated at the University of Sheffield graduating with a BSc in Zoology.

Research

Mordue's research has looked at why humans have different attractiveness to insects such as biting midges Culicoides impunctatus,[2] later research showed that taller people were more likely to be bitten.[3]

Mordue researched the sex pheromone n-heptadecane of the biting midge Culicoides nubeculosus, this could be used to make a trap to lure the insects away from livestock and humans.[4]

She has also researched the DNA of the several Culicoides species of midges that transmit bluetongue, a disease of livestock.[5]

In 2002 Mordue was awarded the Lampitt Medal for outstanding services to the Society of Chemical Industry.[6]

References
  1. "Jennifer Mordue - Scotland Group". www.soci.org. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  2. Correspondent, By Gillian Harris, Scotland (2003-03-01). "Scientists bite back in war on midges". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  3. "Larger people 'more likely to suffer midges attack'". The Independent. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  4. McIlroy, Emma. "Midge pheromone may set sex trap". New Scientist. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  5. "BBC - Scotland Outdoors Articles - Bluetongue". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  6. "Jennifer Mordue - Scotland Group". www.soci.org. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
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