Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray CBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 FRS (born 27 October 1958) is a British zoologist. He is Hope Professor of Zoology

Hope Professor of Zoology

The Hope Professor of Zoology is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John Obadiah Westwood. The current holder is Charles Godfray.* John Obadiah Westwood The Hope Professor of Zoology is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John...

 at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...

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Life

Educated at Millfield

Millfield

Millfield is an independent school in Street in Somerset, in south-west England.The school currently has a roll of 1,260 pupils, of whom 910 are boarders...

 and St Peter's College, Oxford

St Peter's College, Oxford

St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, located in New Inn Hall Street. It occupies the site of two of the University's oldest Inns, or medieval hostels - Bishop Trellick's, later New Inn Hall, and Rose Hall - both of which were...

, he gained his PhD in community ecology from Imperial College, London in 1983. He remained at Imperial as a post-doc until 1985, when he returned to Oxford as a demonstrator. In 1987 he returned to Imperial as a lecturer until 2006, when he again returned to Oxford, now as a fellow of Jesus College

Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...

 and Hope Professor of Zoology

Hope Professor of Zoology

The Hope Professor of Zoology is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John Obadiah Westwood. The current holder is Charles Godfray.* John Obadiah Westwood The Hope Professor of Zoology is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John...

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He was awarded the Scientific Medal in 1994, and Frink Medal

Frink Medal

The Frink Medal for British Zoologists is awarded by the Zoological Society of London "For significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology in the wider applications."- Recipients :...

 in 2009 of the Zoological Society of London

Zoological Society of London

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. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours.

Studying the malaria

Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...

problem Godfray and his coworkers presented data suggesting that use of spermless mosquitoes may be a feasible way to control the disease.

External links

• http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/staff/academics/godfray_hcj.htm
• http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/files/cv/sac/cgodfray.pdf