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| Name: |
Dr Grant Hamilton |
| Position: |
Associate Lecturer |
| Qualifications: |
B.App.Sc (Hons), PhD [QUT] |
| Organisational Area: |
School of Natural Resources |
| Teaching Discipline: |
Ecology |
| Research Program: |
Biological Systems Research |
| Phone: |
+61 7 3138 2318 |
| Fax: |
+61 7 3138 1535 |
| Email: |
g.hamilton@qut.edu.au |
| Postal Address: |
School of Natural Resources, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001 |
Areas of Expertise
- Risk analysis
- Biological Invasions
- Ecological Statistics
- Ecological modelling
- Pest Management
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Professional Associations
- Ecological Society of Australia
- Society for Risk Analysis (Australian Chapter)
- Society for Risk Analysis USA
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Current Grants
- 2007 - 2010. Rural Statistical Sustainability Framework. ARC Linkage
- 2007 - 2009. Rigorous comparison of Risk Analysis Systems from other countries. Australian Centre for Excellence in Risk Analysis / CRC for National Plant Biosecurity
- 2006 - 2007. Multidisciplinary risk in biological control QUT Internal
- 2006 - 2007. Greywater perceptions QUT Internal
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Selected Research Projects
- Modelling spatial spread of invasive organisms
- Approximate Bayesian Computation
- Bayesian model averaging and decision analysis
- Predictive modelling of coastal algal blooms
- Bayesian Net modelling
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Selected Publications
- Laurent Excoffier and Grant Hamilton. 2003. Comment on "Genetic Structure of Human Populations". Science 300: 1877b.
- Grant Hamilton, Mathias Currat, Nicolas Ray, Gerald Heckel, Mark Beaumont and Laurent Excoffier. 2005. Bayesian estimation of recent migration rates after a spatial expansion. Genetics 170: 409-417
- Grant Hamilton, Laurent Excoffier and Mark Stoneking. 2005. Genetic evidence for tighter social regulation of immigration in patrilocal than in matrilocal populations from Northern Thailand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 7476-7480.
- Hamilton, G.S., Wilson, J.C. and Mather, P.B. 2006. Habitat heterogeneity influences connectivity in a spatially structure pest system. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 219-226.
- Hamilton, G.S., Fielding, F., Chiffings, A, Johnson, R, Hart, B. and Mengersen, K. 2007. Using a Bayesian Net to Investigate the risk of Lyngbya majuscula blooms in Deception Bay, Queensland: incorporating scientific information using a Bayesian Network. Human and ecological risk assessment (Accepted)
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Name |
Project |
| Mark Stanaway (PhD) |
Surveillance system evaluation and optimisation for emergency plant pests. |
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