Mosquito Eradication

Brian Kay AM is a Group Leader at Queensland Institute of Medical Research's Mosquito Control Laboratory, Australia, which is designated by the World Health Organization as an official global Collaborating Centre for Environmental Management for Vector Control. He is renowned for his arbovirus and mosquito research, and has published 285 papers and is a highly sought after expert speaker at international events. In 1999 he was awarded the DI Ivanovsky Centenary Medallion for his achievements, in 2005 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his scientific contributions, and in 2006 he was elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Australian Academy of Science. Richard Russell is Professor of Medical Entomology at The University of Sydney, Austalia, and founding Director of the Department of Medical Entomology at Westmead Hospital. He has worked as a Medical Entomologist, in public health and tropical medicine, for more than 40 years, and has a broad experience with insects and other arthropods of medical importance. His specialties are mosquito biology, mosquito-borne disease and mosquito control. He has published more than 200 scientific papers on mosquitoes and related topics, and four monographs, including as co-author of the 12-volume The Culicidae (Mosquitoes) of the Australasian Region.