I teach:
I guest-teach:
I am interested in how we optimise student learning, performance, and assessment, in undergraduate biology courses. I champion for biology in a key Faculty of Science initiative supporting Queensland senior teachers, science technicians, and teacher librarians through multi-modal Teacher Continuing Professional Development workshops to address the new suite of science and mathematics syllabuses. Specifically for biology, I develop and deliver content and pedagogy focussed on basic data analysis and interpretation, scientific literacy and writing, theoretical and applied ecology, evolution, and introductory genetics. I serve as the School of Biological Sciences' engagement lead with high schools in Queensland and key international university partners, and this includes outreach, recruitment, and science communication.
I completed my PhD and still dabble in research involving insect-plant interactions: understanding the intricate relationships between crop plants and their insect pests enable us to employ pest management strategies that ultimately reduce our reliance on insecticides. This research is typically undertaken using behavioural ecology and chemical ecology approaches.
I also hold an adjunct appointment with UCSI University, Malaysia.
Journal Article: Bringing Ecology Back: How Can the Chemistry of Indirect Plant Defenses Against Herbivory Be Manipulated to Improve Pest Management?
Furlong, Michael J., Ang, Gurion C. K., Silva, Rehan and Zalucki, Myron P. (2018). Bringing Ecology Back: How Can the Chemistry of Indirect Plant Defenses Against Herbivory Be Manipulated to Improve Pest Management?. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 1436, 1436. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01436
Other Outputs: Insect-plant interactions: oviposition and larval-feeding behaviour of diamondback moth
Ang, Chiam Khai Gurion (2018). Insect-plant interactions: oviposition and larval-feeding behaviour of diamondback moth. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.229
Journal Article: Temporal changes in olfactory and oviposition responses of the diamondback moth to herbivore-induced host plants
Ang, Gurion C. K., Zalucki, Myron P. and Furlong, Michael J. (2016). Temporal changes in olfactory and oviposition responses of the diamondback moth to herbivore-induced host plants. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 160 (1), 28-39. doi: 10.1111/eea.12458
Novel host use by a generalist pest: cotton bollworms and cabbage
(2016–2017) Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
Furlong, Michael J., Ang, Gurion C. K., Silva, Rehan and Zalucki, Myron P. (2018). Bringing Ecology Back: How Can the Chemistry of Indirect Plant Defenses Against Herbivory Be Manipulated to Improve Pest Management?. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 1436, 1436. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01436
Ang, Gurion C. K., Zalucki, Myron P. and Furlong, Michael J. (2016). Temporal changes in olfactory and oviposition responses of the diamondback moth to herbivore-induced host plants. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 160 (1), 28-39. doi: 10.1111/eea.12458
Trichogramma chilonis Ishii: a potential biological control agent of Crocidolomia pavonana in Samoa
Uelese, Aleni, Ridland, Peter M., Stouthamer, Richard, He, Yu-rong, Ang, Gurion, Zalucki, Myron P. and Furlong, Michael J. (2014). Trichogramma chilonis Ishii: a potential biological control agent of Crocidolomia pavonana in Samoa. Biological Control, 73, 31-38. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.03.011
Ang, Gurion C. K., Silva, Rehan, Maxwell, Sean L., Zalucki, Myron P. and Furlong, Michael J. (2014). Contrary effects of leaf position and identity on oviposition and larval feeding patterns of the diamondback moth. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 151 (1), 86-96. doi: 10.1111/eea.12172
"Menage a trois": the problem with three-way interactions involving predatory wasps
Ang, G. C. K., Zalucki, M. P. and Furlong, M. J. (2012). "Menage a trois": the problem with three-way interactions involving predatory wasps. Macquarie Matrix, 2 (2), 1-13.
Insect-plant interactions: oviposition and larval-feeding behaviour of diamondback moth
Ang, Chiam Khai Gurion (2018). Insect-plant interactions: oviposition and larval-feeding behaviour of diamondback moth. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.229
Novel host use by a generalist pest: cotton bollworms and cabbage
(2016–2017) Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme