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James Logan

Biological Chemistry

Dr James G Logan BSc PhD

  • Postdoctoral research scientist (band 6)
  • Honorary Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen
  • Chemical Ecology Group
  • james.logan@bbsrc.ac.uk
  • 01582 763133 extension 2706


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    • BIOGRAPHY
    I gained a first class BSc honours degree in Zoology from the University of Aberdeen, where I worked on the biting midge sex pheromones for my dissertation. Following this degree I continued to work at the University of Aberdeen as a Research Assistant investigating mosquito oviposition pheromones. I then went to South Australia to work at an ecology field station as a Researcher, which involved planning and implementing endangered species research and a marsupial monitoring programmes. I came to Rothamsted in 2002 and completed my PhD looking at why some people are bitten more than others by mosquitoes and midge: “Differential responses of the yellow fever mosquito and the Scottish biting midge to human host odours”. I now lead a group of researchers within the Chemical Ecology Programme at Rothamsted and I am an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen. Recently I became a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

    RESEARCH SUMMARY
    My main research concentrates on controlling medical and veterinary important insects such as mosquitoes, midges and tsetse flies, although I also have interests in pests of agricultural systems and in certain aspects of human health. One of my current projects recently identified repellent compounds from people who rarely get bitten by mosquitoes, and these compounds are currently under development as cheaper and more effective alternatives to synthetic repellents that are currently available.

    We use various techniques in our research, including field and laboratory-based behavioural experiments, coupled gas chromatography-electroantennograms (GC-EAG), coupled GC-single-cell (GC-SCR) and analytical chemistry (including GC and GC-MS). This integrated approach gives us a better understanding of how insects use semiochemicals naturally and how we can exploit them to develop control strategies through behavioural manipulation. Ultimately, the aim is to attain effective control using semiochemicals that minimise the use of insecticides.

    PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
    As well as being fully committed to my research, I also enjoy interacting with the media and actively take part in many science communication events (...click here for more)

    CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS (...click here for more)

    PHD STUDENT PROJECTS (...click here for more)

    ACHIEVEMENTS

     

    PHOTO ALBUM:

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     Midge field trials on the West Coast of Scotland
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     Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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    Air entrainment to collect volatile semiochemicals from human beings
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    Sandfly trapping with a Centre for Disease Control (CDC) trap in Brazilwhatwashethinking.jpg

    Coupled gas chromatography-electroantennography GC-EAG mosquito

     

    Filming in Burkina Faso011

    The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition “Why me?”
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