
Professor SEYMOUR Mathew
Assistant Professor , School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU
Bsc (University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA), Msc (Hólar University, Hólar, Iceland), PhD (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
Teaching Areas
- Environmental DNA
- Molecular Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Environmental Microbiology
- Aquatic Ecology
- Environmental Assessment
- Metabarcoding
Research Interests
- Environmental DNA
- Molecular Ecology
- Metacommunity dynamics
- Landscape ecology
- Biomonitoring
- Biogeography
- Conservation Biology
- Bioinformatics
Current Research
- Using eDNA to Assess Spatial Changes in Subterranean Communities
- Night Fisheries Resources Surveys
- Establishing eDNA based methods for biological assessment monitoring in Hong Kong
- Environmental DNA assessment of Hong Kong freshwater biodiversity
- Hong Kong Chironomidae biodiversity: an initial assessment of the largest freshwater insect group and their link with ecologically important stream conservation
- Diversity, Evolution, Biogeography and Conservation of Croaker and Drum
- Using eDNA for Hong Kong cetacean conservation efforts and fish biodiversity assessment
- Hong Kong soil biodiversity across urban-forest gradients
- Forensic applications of environmental DNA for conservation and monitoring efforts
Publications and News
- See recent news at - https://www.seymourlab.net/
- See full publication list at - https://www.seymourlab.net/publications