Professor Grant Hamilton
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Personal details
Positions
- Professor in Ecology
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Keywords
Detection and Surveillance, agriculture, pests and diseases, crops, Spatial analytics, ecology, statistical modelling, Invasive Species, feral cats, foxes, wild dogs, goats, pigs, weeds, fungal pathogens, Panama disease, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, RPAS, drones, UAVs and wildlife detection, UAVs and feral species, Thermal Imaging, high resolution imaging, artificial intelligence automated recognition of wildlife, Conservation Ecology, Conservation science, Ecological Analytics, Koalas, habitat, koala ecology, Agroecosystems, Pest and invasive species eradication
Research field
Environmental management, Ecological applications, Agriculture, land and farm management
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Ecological Society of Australia
- Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
Publications
- Corcoran, E., Denman, S., Hanger, J., Wilson, B. & Hamilton, G. (2019). Automated detection of koalas using low-level aerial surveillance and machine learning. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127198
- Pearse, A., Hamilton, R., Choat, J., Pita, J., Almany, G., Peterson, N., Hamilton, G. & Peterson, E. (2018). Giant coral reef fishes display markedly different susceptibility to night spearfishing. Ecology and Evolution, 8(20), 10247–10256. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121540
- Excoffier, L. & Hamilton, G. (2003). Comment On Genetic Structure Of Human Populations. Science, 300(5627), 1877. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8733
- Hamilton, G., Stoneking, M. & Excoffier, L. (2005). Molecular analysis reveals tighter social regulation of immigration in patrilocal populations than in matrilocal populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(21), 7476–7480. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8730
- Baxter, P. & Hamilton, G. (2018). Learning to fly: integrating spatial ecology with unmanned aerial vehicle surveys. Ecosphere, 9(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223710
- Johnson, S., Abal, E., Ahern, K. & Hamilton, G. (2014). From science to management: Using Bayesian networks to learn about Lyngbya. Statistical Science, 29(1), 36–41. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/64596
- Elmouttie, D., Flinn, P., Kiermeier, A., Subramanyam, B., Hagstrum, D. & Hamilton, G. (2013). Sampling stored-product insect pests: a comparison of four statistical sampling models for probability of pest detection. Pest Management Science, 69(9), 1073–1079. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62276
- Elmouttie, D., Kiermeier, A. & Hamilton, G. (2010). Improving detection probabilities for pests in stored grain. Pest Management Science, 66(12), 1280–1286. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/37717
- Hamilton, G., McVinish, R. & Mengersen, K. (2009). Bayesian model averaging for harmful algal bloom prediction. Ecological Applications, 19(7), 1805–1814. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/27647
- Rasmussen, R. & Hamilton, G. (2012). An approximate Bayesian computation approach for estimating parameters of complex environmental processes in a cellular automata. Environmental Modelling and Software, 29(1), 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/47105
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Grant, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Agri-Intelligence in Cotton Production Systems - Stage 1
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- QUT1701
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Agriculture Cybernetics; Digital Agriculture; In-Farm Decision Support Systems; Management of Inputs in Agriculture; Value Chain of Cotton Crops
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Utility of an Existing Biotic Score Method in Assessing the Stream Health In Bhutan (2016)
- Hierarchical Bayesian Models for Estimating the Extent of Plant Pest Invasions (2011)
- Market Access of Papua New Guinea Bananas (Musa Spp.) with Particular Respect to Banana Fly (Bactrocera musae (Tryon)) (Diptera: Tephritidae) (2010)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.