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 | Francis SchaffnerMember of: Permanent StaffFunction: Head of Integrated pest management Unit Email: fschaffner{a-t}avia-gis{d-o-t}be Francis Schaffner, French, PhD, was borne in 1959. After a basic training in forestry (1977) and first employments in forestry and protection of environment, he studied biting insects in the framework of designing biological mosquito control campaigns in Haute-Alsace, France (14 years). His work on mosquito systematics allowed him to obtain a university thesis on mosquito taxonomy (1992) as well as a PhD thesis on biosystematics of the Anopheles claviger vector complex, including morphology, genetics and biology (2003). For the latter he was laureate of the thesis award of the Société Française de Parasitologie and the “Passet†award of the Société entomologique de France. He has a solid experience in mosquito control, taxonomy, epidemiology and ecology. During 8 years he was the head of the laboratory of entomology of the research and development unit of the EID Méditerranée1. His main activities included mosquito species characterisation, population genetics, behavioural and ecological aspects with the finality of mosquito control. He has contributed to studies of WNV outbreaks in southern France, of malaria autochtonous cases, and was co-ordinator for the detection and control programme of exotic mosquitoes, such as Aedes albopictus, the Asian Tiger mosquito, throughout France. He is a leader in European mosquito taxonomy and has published an identification and training programme: ‘The Mosquitoes of Europe’ that is available on CD-Rom. He joined recently (jan-2007) the Institute of Parasitology of the University of Zürich, where he is in charge of setting up a research team on arachno-entomology, focussed on veterinary and medical vectors, thus widening his research and development activities to include biting midges (Ceratopogonidae), blackflies (Simuliidae) as well as sandflies (Phebotominae). Throughout his career much time was devoted to training and capacity building. He operates as a consultant in France and beyond (e.g. WHO and ECDC2) and most recently provided expert input on Chikungunya risk assessment and management in metropolitan France, for the French Ministry of Health. Francis is married to Fabienne and has two boys: Simon (’84) and Clément (’86). 1 Entente InterDépartementale pour la démoustication du Littoral Méditerranéen, Montpellier, France 2 European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden |