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Dr Fred Gurgel

Telephone	+61 8 8222 9291
Position	Research Fellow
Email	fred.gurgel@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8222 9456
Building	Darling Building
Floor/Room	1 12
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Biography/ Background

Anywhere they occur, from the tropics to the poles, macroalgae are key ecological components of marine benthic communities. My research focuses on the molecular systematics, ecology and biogeography of macroalgae. My ultimate phycological interest is to bridge the fields of taxonomy, molecular biology, ecology, physiology, comparative morphology and biogeography to create a more holistic understanding of macroalgal evolution, distribution and biodiversity.

A wide range of projects are currently underway.

Honours, Masters and PhD opportunities including top up scholaships available for Australian citizens and permanent residents!!!

For further details please get in touch with me via email or check out the attcahed files below.

Appointment:

2007-present. Three-party joint-appointment among the University of Adelaide (School of Earth & Environmental Sciences), State Herbarium of South Australia (Department for Environment and Heritage) and South Australia Research & Development Institute, Aquatic Sciences (Department of Primary Industries and Resources).

Previous experiences:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, USA (2005-2007); Research Associate, University of Louisiana, USA (2004-2005); Postdoctoral Fellow, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002-2003).

Education:

PhD in Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, University of Louisiana, USA (2001); MSc in Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1997); BSc in Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1995).

Teaching Interests

Current teaching assignments at The University of Adelaide:

First semester: Botany II (aquatic plants module), Frontiers in Marine Biology (second year students)

Second semester: Research Methods in Marine Biology (third year students)

Publications

Selected Publications:

Cross HB, Lowe AJ, Gurgel C.F.D. (2010) DNA barcoding of Invasive Species. In: Richardson D (Ed.). Fifty years of invasive species research following in the footsteps of Charles Elton. Chapter 10. Blackwell Publ. in press.

2. Waters J, Wernberg T., Connell S.D., Thomsen M.S., Zuccarello G., Kraft G.T., Sanderson C., West J. & Gurgel C.F.D. (2010) Australian Marine Bioregions Revisited: back to the future? Austral Ecology 35: 988–992.

3. Fredericq, S., Cho, T.O., Earle, S.A., Gurgel, C.F.D., Krayesky, D.M., Mateo-Cid, L.E., Gonza¡les, C.A.M., Norris, J.N. & Sua¡rez, A.M. (2009) Seaweeds (Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, and Phaeophyceae) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp, eds. Gulf of Mexico: Its Origins, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, USA

4. Runcie J., Gurgel, C.F.D. & McDermid, K. J. (2008) In situ photosynthetic rates of tropical marine algae at their lower depth limit. European Journal of Phycology 43(3):377-388.

5. Gurgel, C.F.D., Y., Fredericq, S., Norris, J.N. & Yoneshigue-Valentin (2008) Two new flat species of Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Brazil: G. abyssalis and G. brasiliensis. Phycologia 47(3):249 - 264.

6. Gurgel, C.F.D. & Lopez-Bautista, J. (2007) Red Algae. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, UK [http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780470015902/els/article/a0000335/current/abstract]

7. Fuji, M.T., Guimaraes, S.M.P.B., Gurgel, C.F.D. & Fredericq, S. (2006) Characterization and phylogenetic affinities of the red alga Chondrophycus flagellifera (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales) from Brazil based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phycologia 45: 432-441.

8. Thomsen, M.S., Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & McGlathery, K.J. (2006) Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Rhodophyta, Gracilariales) in Hog Island Bay, Virginia: a cryptic alien invasive macroalga and taxonomic correction. Journal of Phycology 42: 139-141.

9. Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. (2004) Gracilaria flabelliformis and G. apiculata (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): restoring old names for common tropical Western Atlantic species, including the recognition of three new subspecies, and a replacement name for G. lacinulata Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 367-396.

10. Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. (2004) Phylogeography of Gracilaria tikvahiae (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): a study of genetic discontinuity in a continuously distributed species. Journal of Phycology 40: 748-758.

11. Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. (2004) Molecular systematics and taxonomy of flattened species of Gracilaria Greville (Gracilariaceae, Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the Western Atlantic. In: Abbott, I. A. & McDermid, K. J. (Eds.), Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds, with Reference to the Pacific and other Locations. Vol. IX, pp. 159-199. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program.

12. Gurgel, C.F.D. & Fredericq, S. (2004) Systematics of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta): a critical assessment based on rbcL sequence analysis. Journal of Phycology 43: 138-159.

13. Gurgel, C.F.D., Liao L.M., Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. (2003) Systematics of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Journal of Phycology 39: 154-171.

Professional Associations

Convener of the ARC-NZ Vegetation Function Network working group no. 47: "Marine Plant Biogeography and Bioregionalization" (Link)

Member of the ARC-NZ Vegetation Function Network working group no. 58: "Marine flora climate impacts" (Link)

CReefs member responsible for the algal surveys (www.creefs.org).

Executive committee member of Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany (ASPAB).

Secretary of the International Phycological Society, 2012-2015 (IPS).

Member of the following societies: American Phycological Society, British Phycological Society, International Phycological Society, Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany, Botanical Society of America.

Files

2012 Honour Opportunities - Honours-Opportunites-2_2012.doc [130.0K] (application/msword)
Jobs+Honours+PhD_Opportunites_May2012 - Honours+PhD+Job_Oportunties_May2012.docx [88.5K] (application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Environment, Beach, reef and marine issues
Expertise	algae; evolution; systematics; biodiversity; marine; biology; phylogenetics; genetics; speciation; marine botany; phycology; biogeography
Notes	Current employment: joint-appointment among the University of Adelaide, State Herbarium of SA (DEH) & SARDI-Aquatic Sciences (PIRSA).

Entry last updated: Sunday, 20 May 2012

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