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Ticks of the Middle East: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical, and Veterinary Significance consolidates knowledge of ticks and tick-borne diseases in the Middle East region with p… Read more
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Professor Ben Mans has worked at the Agricultural Research Council – Onderstepoort Veterinary Research since 2008 where he has held a number of research positions, currently as Principal Researcher and Research Team Manager. He is also a Professor Extraordinarius at the University of South Africa. He received his Honours, Master’s and PhD degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Pretoria (UP) and completed Postdoctoral Fellowships at UP, the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and the Laboratory for Malaria and Vector Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA). His research focuses on tick biology and evolution, specifically adaptation to a blood-feeding lifestyle at the tick-host interface, tick taxonomy and systematics. He has published 110 peer-reviewed articles with over 6 800 citations. In addition, he has authored and co-authored 17 book chapters and has served on the Editorial Boards of PLoS One, the International Journal of Acarology, and Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.
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