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Adjunct Associate Professor
David Hurwood
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Research field
Genetics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Griffith University)
- Bachelor of Science(Honours) (Griffith University)
Publications
- Hurwood, D., Singh, S., Dammannagoda Acharige, S., Nandlal, S. & Mather, P. (2014). Experimental evaluation of the culture performance of three exotic and a 'local' Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii, De Man 1879) culture strain in Fiji. Aquaculture Research, 45(6), 961–972. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54402
- Adamson, E., Hurwood, D. & Mather, P. (2012). Insights into historical drainage evolution based on the phylogeography of the chevron snakehead fish (Channa striata) in the Mekong Basin. Freshwater Biology, 57(11), 2211–2229. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/53409
- Dinh, H., Coman, G., Hurwood, D. & Mather, P. (2012). Experimental assessment of the utility of visible implant elastomer tags in a stock improvement programme for giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Vietnam. Aquaculture Research, 43(10), 1471–1479. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52335
- Jung, H., Lyons, R., Dinh, H., Hurwood, D., McWilliam, S. & Mather, P. (2011). Transcriptomics of a giant freshwater prawn (macrobrachium rosenbergii): De Novo assembly, annotation and marker discovery. PLoS One, 6(12), 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52361
- Bryant, L., Hurwood, D., Donnellan, S. & Fuller, S. (2011). Phylogenetic relationships and divergence date estimates among Australo-Papuan mosaic-tailed rats from the Uromys division (Rodentia: Muridae). Zoologica Scripta, 40(5), 433–447. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52506
- Dammannagoda Acharige, S., Hurwood, D. & Mather, P. (2011). Genetic analysis reveals two stocks of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 68(2), 210–223. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40218
- Malecha, S., Mather, P. & Hurwood, D. (2010). Genetics. In M. Kutty, M. Bernard, W. Valenti, J. Tidwell & L. D'Abramo (Eds.), Freshwater Prawns: Biology and Farming (pp. 278–315). Blackwell. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80611
- Fawcett, J., Hurwood, D. & Hughes, J. (2010). Consequences of a translocation between two divergent lineages of the Paratya australiensis (Decapoda:Atyidae) complex: reproductive success and relative fitness. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 29(3), 1170–1180. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/43058
- Adamson, E., Hurwood, D. & Mather, P. (2010). A reappraisal of the evolution of Asian snakehead fishes (Pisces, Channidae) using molecular data from multiple genes and fossil calibration. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56(2), 707–717. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/42855
- Hurwood, D., Adamson, E. & Mather, P. (2008). Evidence For Strong Genetic Structure in a Regionally Important, Highly Vagile Cyprinid (Henicorhynchus lobatus) in the Mekong River Basin. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 17(2), 273–283. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/224131
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Supervision
Current supervisions
- Conservation genetics of the vulnerable sand yabby, Cherax robustus
PhD, External Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Andrew Baker, Associate Professor Lucy Reading - Finger Lime (Citrus australasica) and Round Lime (Citrus australis) Genomics
PhD, External Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Peter Prentis, Professor Matthew Phillips - Investigating Genes Associated with Fruit Fly Resistance in Citrus
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Peter Prentis, Dr Julia Bally, Associate Professor Brett Williams - Population genomics and transcriptomics of the desert lime, Citrus glauca
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Peter Prentis, Dr Fran Humphries
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Assessing Plant Diversity and Invasion Patterns: The Role of Herbivory and Tree-Understorey Dynamics in Threatened Grassy Eucalypt Woodlands (2025)
- Insights from Living Fossils on the Evolution of Avian Biodiversity (2025)
- Investigating Drivers of Speciation in the Fruit Fly Genus, Bactrocera (Diptera: Tephritidae) (2025)
- Acoustic signalling and subspecies divergence in two Australasian treecreepers (Climacteridae) (2024)
- Determining the influence of organism level processes on the population dynamics of Bactrocera tryoni (2023)
- The efficacy of morphological and genetic owl pellet analysis compared to live-trapping in arid and semi-arid Australian small mammal monitoring systems (2023)
- Characterising the Functional Venom Profiles of Sea Anemones (2022)
- Evolution of Intra and Intersexual Signalling in Two Species of Frogs in the Litoria Lesueuri Species Group (2022)
- A Genomics Perspective of Species and Speciation in an Atyid Shrimp (Paratya australiensis) (2021)
- Functional Characterisation of DNA Methylation in the Pest Species Helicoverpa armigera (2020)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Understanding Methanol Utilisation By Methanotrophic Bacteria From The Great Artesian Basin (2024)
- Detecting the invasive jaguar cichlid in the pioneer river using a non-invasive environmental DNA approach: Implications for management (2023)
- Engineering Pseudomonas putida for valorisation of sugarcane byproducts (2023)
- Microplastics, trace and major elements in Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) from the Moreton Bay, Queensland (2023)
- Investigating Incipient Speciation in the Widespread Freshwater Shrimp, Paratya Australiensis (Kemp 1917) (2021)
- Riparian Vegetation Condition Influences Movement and Microhabitat Use by Mixophyes Fasciolatus in South East Queensland (2016)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.