JAMES WALLMAN Position:   Senior Lecturer Room:   15.G11 Phone No:   +61 2 4221 4911 Email:   jwallman@uow.edu.au Lab/other loc:   15.G08 Lab Phone:   +61 2 4221 4117

Research Interests

Evolution and biology of Diptera, especially Calliphoridae

Forensic entomology

 

Representative Publications

Wallman, J. F. (2001). Third-instar larvae of common carrion-breeding blowflies of the genus Calliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15, 37-51.

Wallman, J. F., and Adams, M. (2001). The forensic application of allozyme electrophoresis to the identification of blowfly larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in southern Australia. Journal of Forensic Sciences 46, 681-684.
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Wallman, J. F., and Donnellan, S. C. (2001). The utility of mitochondrial DNA sequences for the identification of forensically important blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in south-eastern Australia. Forensic Science International 120, 60-67.
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Wallman J.F., Leys R., and Hogendoorn K. (2005). Molecular systematics of Australian carrion-breeding blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) based on mitochondrial DNA. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 1-15.
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Searchable Publication List

 

Lab Personnel

Aidan Johnson - Research Assistant

Bryan Lessard - Honours

Kelly Meiklejohn - Honours

Leigh Nelson - PhD

 

Suggested Topics for Future Students

Ecological and forensic importance of larval blowfly thermogenesis in carrion

Forensic implications of the reproductive biology of oviparous blowflies

Effect of solar radiation on adult blowfly activity

Forensic importance of thermal history on adult blowfly activity

Geographic and seasonal variation in carrion fauna in south-eastern Australia

Effect of recreational and therapeutic drugs on maggot development

 

I am always happy to discuss potential projects with students interested in other areas of entomology or terrestrial invertebrate zoology.

See Also the Honours Topics Page

 

Abbreviated CV

Academic Degrees

1999 Ph.D. (entomology), The University of Adelaide.

1991 B.Sc. (Hons) (zoology), The University of Adelaide.

1990 B.Sc. (zoology and botany), The University of Adelaide.

 

Academic and Research Appointments

2006 - present  Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong.

2001-2005 Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong.

1999-2001 Associate Lecturer, Department of Environmental Biology, The University of Adelaide.

1994-1998 Associate Lecturer, Department of Zoology, The University of Adelaide.

1991-1993 Tutor, Department of Zoology, The University of Adelaide.

 

Awards

2005 Faculty of Science Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning, University of Wollongong

1999 Dean's Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Teaching, Faculty of Science, The University of Adelaide.

 

Professional Affiliations

Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London

Fellow of the Royal Society of South Australia

Member of the Australian Entomological Society

Member of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (President of NSW Branch)

Member of the Entomological Society of New South Wales

Member of the European Association for Forensic Entomology

Member of the North American Forensic Entomology Association

Member of the Royal Society of New South Wales

Member of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists