David Newell

Biography

Dr David Newell is appointed as Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Research

Current research projects include; climate change impacts on montane rainforest frogs, the ecology and physiology of the genus Philoria, the use of ecoacoustics for monitoring threatened fauna and understanding host responses to the amphibian chytrid fungus.

Teaching

He currently teaches undergraduate units in Geographic Information Systems, and Protected Area Management. David supervises postgraduate research students undertaking research on a variety of threatened forest fauna.