Hamish McCallum

Emeritus Professor Hamish McCallum is an infectious disease ecologist with a particular interest in modelling the dynamics, impact and transmission of parasites and pathogens in wildlife populations. This research has two broad applications: in conservation biology and in managing zoonotic pathogens. In conservation biology, his research team has major current projects on Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease, a unique infectious cancer, and on the amphibian chytrid fungus, which is a major threat to amphibian biodiversity worldwide, including Australia.