Professor Charles Wondji

Charles is a professor of vector biology and genetics at LSTM (UK) and Executive Director of the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID, Cameroon). His research aims at using genetic and genomic tools to characterise mosquito populations and help maximise their control. His research activities focus in understanding the genetic basis of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes’ vectors of malaria/arboviruses by detecting molecular resistance markers using genomic/genetic tools and designing suitable molecular assays to track resistance in field populations to assess their impact on control interventions. He is sponsor of several African Research fellows (Wellcome Trust, DELTA, NIH, FLAIR) and was awarded the 2021 Chalmers medal from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He is a member of WHO vector control committees, the external scientific advisory committee (ESAC) of IVCC, grant review committees (e.g. Wellcome Trust) and member of several research consortiums.