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Professor SEYMOUR Mathew

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)


  • 3917 3608
  • 2858 3477
  • KBSB 3S-16

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

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