Rate My Professor Glenn Wilson

Dr. Glenn Wilson serves as Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Science within the College of Engineering, Science and Environment at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is an aquatic ecologist holding a Doctor of Philosophy, with research expertise spanning fish ecology, biodiversity conservation, and environmental impacts on aquatic ecosystems across Australia, Ethiopia, Botswana, and Denmark. His investigations focus on the early life history of fish species, including variations in diet, morphology, otolith characteristics, and growth rates during ontogeny. Wilson examines fish assemblages in dryland rivers, the effects of water hyacinth infestation on fisheries in Lake Tana, Ethiopia, and the role of irrigation infrastructure and water quality in shaping aquatic communities. Additionally, his work addresses the influence of water management practices on malaria vector populations and transmission dynamics in African contexts.

Wilson holds concurrent adjunct appointments as Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources at Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources since December 2025, Adjunct Professor at the Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana since January 2021, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia since February 2023. He has authored 45 publications garnering 1,291 citations and 19,000 reads on ResearchGate. Notable works include 'Variation in macroinvertebrate assemblages and water quality as a test for different levels of ecological impairment across an Ethiopian highland river system' (2024), 'The life and times of the Murray cod' (2023), 'Links between the timing of life-history transitions and dietary and morphological variation during early life history in the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus' (2023), 'Time-series ARIMA modelling of the Labeobarbus spp (Cyprinidae) fishery in water hyacinth-infested and non-infested sites in Lake Tana, Ethiopia' (2023), 'Influence of irrigation infrastructures and water quality on fish assemblages in Lake Tana tributaries, north-west Ethiopia' (2021), 'Assessment of subpatent Plasmodium infection in northwestern Ethiopia' (2020), and 'Flow as a disturbance agent: fish responses to serial flooding in a hydrologically-variable dryland river system, Australia' (2018). Wilson actively engages in science communication through media and social platforms and welcomes postgraduate students for aquatic research supervision.