Krijn Paaijmans
19A Chemical Ecology Lab
University Park
PA 16802, USA
krijn@paaijmans.nl
http://www.paaijmans.com
Insect-pathogen-parasite systems exposed to natural diurnal temperature rhythms
The potential for climate change to increase the risk of vector borne diseases like malaria is frequently in the news. However, in the scientific literature there remains considerable debate as to what the magnitude of any effects might be, and indeed whether there will be any change in risk at all. That the dynamics and distribution of malaria is affected by environmental factors such as temperature is not in question; mosquitoes are small, cold-blooded, short-lived insects whose development and behavior is strongly linked to prevailing conditions. But exactly how it will be affected is unclear because there is still relatively little known about basic malaria and mosquito biology in relation to natural temperatures in the field. For example, many studies link malaria dynamics to coarse measures of environmental temperature, such as mean monthly temperatures. Yet mosquitoes experience temperatures that fluctuate from hour to hour and do not live under ‘average monthly conditions’. The aim in my studies is to better inform the current debate by examining what effects natural daily fluctuations in temperature have on the potential of mosquitoes to transmit malaria.
PhD in Medical Entomology (2008)
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
MSc in Biology (2002)
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Research Fellow (2008–present)
PennState University
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Entomology Department
PhD-student (2004–2007)
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Laboratory of Entomology
Meteorology and Air Quality
Junior scientist (2002-2003)
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology
KP Paaijmans, AF Read & MB Thomas (2009)
Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate. PNAS, 106: 13844–13849. pdf
KP Paaijmans, S Huijben, AK Githeko & W Takken (2009)
Competitive interactions between larvae of the malaria mosquitoes Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae under semi-field conditions in western Kenya. Acta Tropica, 109: 124-30. pdf
KP Paaijmans, BG Heusinkveld & AFG Jacobs (2008)
A simplified model to predict diurnal water temperature dynamics in a shallow tropical water pool . International Journal of Biometeorology, 52: 797-803. pdf
KP Paaijmans, W Takken, AK Githeko & AFG Jacobs (2008)
The effect of water turbidity on the near-surface temperature of larval habitats of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. International Journal of Biometeorology, 52: 747-753. pdf
KP Paaijmans, AFG Jacobs, W Takken, BG Heusinkveld, AK Githeko, M Dicke & AAM Holtslag (2008)
Observations and model estimates of diurnal water temperature dynamics in mosquito breeding sites in western Kenya. Hydrological Processes, 22: 4789-4801. pdf
AFG Jacobs, BG Heusinkveld, A Kraai & KP Paaijmans (2008)
Diurnal temperature fluctuations in an artificial small shallow water body. International Journal of Biometeorology, 52: 271-280. pdf
KP Paaijmans, MO Wandago, AK Githeko & W Takken (2007)
Unexpected high losses of Anopheles gambiae larvae due to rainfall. PLoS ONE, 2(11): e1146. pdf
S Huijben, W Schaftenaar, A Wijsman, K Paaijmans & W Takken (2007)
Avian malaria in Europe: an emerging infectious disease? In: Emerging pests and vector-borne diseases in Europe. Takken W & Knols BGJ, editors. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen.
CJM Koenraadt, KP Paaijmans, P Schneider, AK Githeko & W Takken (2006)
Low larval vector survival explains unstable malaria in the western Kenya highlands. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 11: 1195-1205. pdf
E-J Scholte, K Ng’habi, J Kihonda, W Takken, K Paaijmans, S Abdulla, GF Killeen & BGJ Knols (2005)
An Entomopathogenic Fungus for Control of Adult African Malaria Mosquitoes. Science, 308: 1641-1642. pdf
CJM Koenraadt, KP Paaijmans, AK Githeko, BGJ Knols & W Takken (2003)
Egg hatching, larval movement and larval survival of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in desiccating habitats. Malaria Journal, 2:20. pdf
Interests:
Building websites like this beauty ;)
Hiking with Silvie & Boogie (our dog)
Running races (occasionally)
Drinking lots of coffee
Lis'ning to noise (d&b, dubstep and goa-psy) on DI.fm
Lis'ning to good-old 80s music
Nintendo Wii...