{{Short description|Medical entomologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Maureen Coetzee | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 8 October 1951 | birth_place = Benoni, South Africa | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = | fields = Malaria | workplaces = University of the Witwatersrand South African Institute for Medical Research Malaria Control Programme, SA Department of Health, Tzaneen | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = PhD University of the Witwatersrand | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = {{marriage|Richard Hewish Hunt|1989|2021|end={{Abbr|d.|died}}}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Shiff|first=Clive|date=November 2021|title=Richard Hewish HUNT, Ph.D. (Wits) 1939-2021|url=https://www.astmh.org/annual-meeting/pre-meeting-courses/acme_fallnewsletter2021final.pdf|magazine=ACME Newsletter|volume=6|issue=1|page=6}}</ref> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|https://www.wits.ac.za/health/research-entities/}} | footnotes = }}
'''Maureen Coetzee''' is a medical entomologist, specialising in African malaria vector mosquitoes for over 40 years. She is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She is a consultant in the World Health Organization 's Global Malaria Programme. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.assaf.org.za/index.php/about-assaf/members | title=Members | publisher=Academy of Science of South Africa | accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/investments-immigration/science-technology/womenscience-awards | title=SA's women scientists honoured | publisher=brandsouthafrica.com/ | date=11 August 2004 | accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wits.ac.za/health/research-entities/malaria-entomology-research-unit/staff/prof-maureen-coetzee-msc-phd-fres/ | title=Malaria Entomology Research Unit | publisher=University of the Witwatersrand | accessdate=26 October 2017 | archive-date=21 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021020230/https://www.wits.ac.za/health/research-entities/malaria-entomology-research-unit/staff/prof-maureen-coetzee-msc-phd-fres/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-08-19-distinguished-women-in-science-life-natural-and-engineering-sciences | title=Distinguished Women in Science: Life, Natural and Engineering Sciences | publisher=Mail and Guardian | date=26 August 2011 | accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dixon|first=Robyn|author-link=Robyn Dixon (journalist)|date=8 February 2016|title=Fighting mosquitoes with mosquitoes: Biological weapons target Zika virus|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-mosquito-control-20160208-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Johannesburg|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://mg.co.za/article/2012-06-07-mosquitos-inside-the-blood-shed | title=Mosquitoes: Inside the blood shed | publisher=Mail and Guardian | work=Faranaaz Parker | date=7 Jun 2012 | accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> A subgenus of the Aedes mosquito, ''Coetzeemyia'', was named after her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/simpletaxonomy/term/8625|title=Aedini {{!}} Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory|website=mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/malaria/mpac/mpacmembers/en/index3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214123239/http://www.who.int/malaria/mpac/mpacmembers/en/index3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2016|title=Current MPAC members|website=World Health Organization|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> Also a genus of bacteria strongly associated with malaria mosquitoes, ''Coetzeea'', was named after her.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kämpfer|first1=Peter|last2=Glaeser|first2=Stefanie P.|last3=Marinotti|first3=Osvaldo|last4=Guy|first4=Lionel|last5=Håkansson|first5=Sebastian|last6=Tadei|first6=Wanderli P.|last7=Busse|first7=Hans-Jürgen|last8=Terenius|first8=Olle|date=2016|title=''Coetzeea brasiliensis'' gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from larvae of ''Anopheles darlingi''|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=66|issue=12|pages=5211–5217|doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.001497|pmid=27624755|doi-access=free}}</ref> Professor Coetzee has published over 190 peer-reviewed scholarly articles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7007039008|title=Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Coetzee, Maureen)|website=www.scopus.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== * The Kwame Nkrumah Science Award, (2011)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/women-scientists-honored-at-pan-african-university-launch-135600388/149542.html|title=Women Scientists Honored At Pan African University Launch|work=VOA|access-date=2017-12-30|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maureen_Coetzee2 Maureen Coetzee] on ResearchGate
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coetzee, Maureen}} Category:Academic staff of the University of the Witwatersrand Category:21st-century South African women scientists Category:Living people Category:1951 births