Professional and academic experience

Frans Jongejan provides expert consultations on ticks and tick-borne diseases of veterinary and medical importance to government agencies, contract research organizations and the pharmaceutical industry.

Subjects taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

Capita Selecta on ticks and tick-borne diseases of livestock and companion animals.

Research interests

He is developing innovative tick control methods for companion animals, livestock, and humans to contribute to improved animal and human health worldwide. This includes molecular diagnostics and vaccine development for ticks and tick-borne diseases and developing artificial feeding devices for feeding ticks in vitro to study tick-pathogen interactions. Finally, acaricide resistance management of livestock ticks and the development of novel bio-assays is a unique area of interest, particularly in South Africa.

Research output/publications

Two hundred thirty-two publications in peer-reviewed journals, and he has an H-index of 72.