Adjunct Professor
David McCarthy

2025

• Le Cauchois, P., Doucet, S., Bouattour, O., McQuaid, N., Beral, H., Koiv-Vainik, M., Bichai, F., McCarthy, D., St-Laurent, J., Dagenais, D., Bennekrela, N., Guerra, J., Hachad, M., Kammoun, R. & Dorner, S. (2025). Full-scale characterization of the effects of a bioretention system on water quality and quantity following the replacement of a mixed stormwater and combined sewer system. Blue-Green Systems, 7(1), 43–62. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255934
• Jex, A., John, N., McCarthy, D., Myers, S., Begue, N., Schang, C., Usher, S. P., Baker, L., Kaucner, C., Monis, P., Hartman, L. M., Flynn, B., Merrett, J. E., Lister, D., Herold, M., Kueh, A., Cheng, N. N., Nolan, J., Caly, L., Druce, J., Thorley, B., Scales, P. J., Schmidt, J., Sarkis, S., Crosbie, N. D., Poon, R. & Nolan, M. (2025). Multi-tiered strategy for large-scale wastewater detection of SARS-CoV-2 in low-case settings provides confidence for public health actions. Journal of Water and Health, 23(2), 89–99. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256144

2024

• Galbraith, P., Henry, R. & McCarthy, D. T. (2024). Plants release, pathogens decease: Plants with documented antimicrobial activity are associated with Campylobacter and faecal indicator attenuation in stormwater biofilters. Science of the Total Environment, Article 167474, 906. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/243976
• Persaud, P. P., Hathaway, J. M., Kerkez, B. & McCarthy, D. T. (2024). Real-Time Control and Bioretention: Implications for Hydrology. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Article 04023011, 10(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/244326
• Shi, X., Jovanovic, D., Meng, Z., Hipsey, M. R. & McCarthy, D. (2024). Modelling faecal microbe dynamics within stormwater constructed wetlands. Water Research, Article 120855, 248. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245151
• Hamel, P., Ding, N., Cherqui, F., Zhu, Q., Walcker, N., Bertrand-Krajewski, J. L., Champrasert, P., Fletcher, T. D., McCarthy, D. T., Navratil, O. & Shi, B. (2024). Low-cost monitoring systems for urban water management: Lessons from the field. Water Research X, Article 100212, 22. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/246501
• Nang, S. C., Lu, J., Yu, H. H., Wickremasinghe, H., Azad, M. A. K., Han, M., Zhao, J., Rao, G., Bergen, P. J., Velkov, T., Sherry, N., McCarthy, D. T., Aslam, S., Schooley, R. T., Howden, B. P., Barr, J. J., Zhu, Y. & Li, J. (2024). Phage resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and bidirectional effects impacting antibiotic susceptibility. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 30(6), 787–794. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248325
• Zhang, K., Zheng, Z., Mutzner, L., Shi, B., McCarthy, D., Le-Clech, P., Khan, S., Fletcher, T. D., Hancock, M. & Deletic, A. (2024). Review of trace organic chemicals in urban stormwater: Concentrations, distributions, risks, and drivers. Water Research, 258. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248843
• Wang, M., Shi, B., Catsamas, S., Kolotelo, P. & McCarthy, D. (2024). A Compact, Low-Cost, and Low-Power Turbidity Sensor for Continuous In Situ Stormwater Monitoring. Sensors, Article 3926, 24(12). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250544
• Murni, I. K., Oktaria, V., McCarthy, D. T., Supriyati, E., Nuryastuti, T., Handley, A., Donato, C. M., Wiratama, B. S., Dinari, R., Laksono, I. S., Thobari, J. A. & Bines, J. E. (2024). Wastewater-based epidemiology surveillance as an early warning system for SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesia. PLoS ONE, Article e0307364, 19(7). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/251148
• Merrett, J. E., Nolan, M., Hartman, L., John, N., Flynn, B., Baker, L., Schang, C., McCarthy, D., Lister, D., Cheng, N. N., Crosbie, N., Poon, R. & Jex, A. (2024). Highly sensitive wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeted next-generation amplicon sequencing provides early warning of incursion in Victoria, Australia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Article e01497-23, 90(8). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/251759
• Zhang, K., Schang, C., Henry, R. & McCarthy, D. (2024). A machine learning approach for rapid early detection of Campylobacter spp. using absorbance spectra collected from enrichment cultures. PLoS ONE, Article e0307572, 19(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/252086
• Karamati N․, E., Law, I., Weese, J. S., McCarthy, D. T. & Murphy, H. M. (2024). Passive sampling of microbes in various water sources: A systematic review. Water Research, 266. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/252471
• Schang, C., Zhang, L., Shi, B., Nolan, M., Poon, R. & McCarthy, D. T. (2024). A low-cost homogenizing device for in-field and remote DNA and RNA extraction. HardwareX, Article e00592, 20. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/252879

2023

• Kandra, H. S., McCarthy, D. & Deletic, A. (2023). Review of clogging processes in stormwater treatment filters. In Kanwar, V. S., Shukla, S. K., John, S. & Kandra, H. S. (Eds.), Sustainable Civil Engineering (pp. 247–279). CRC Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/240423