Susan Kueh
- susan.kueh@jcu.edu.au
- Associate Professor (Aquatic Animal Health)
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Biography
Dr Susan Gibson-Kueh did her BVSc at Sydney University, MSc at Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling University, UK and PhD on ‘Diseases of Asian seabass or barramundi, Lates calcarifer Bloch’ at Murdoch University, Western Australia.
She has developed a broad perspective of the aquaculture industry from three decades of working in governments and academia, which guides and informs her research. One of her earlier roles was as Head of the Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, AgriFood and Veterinary Authority of Singapore for over a decade. Her expertise spans national disease surveillance, biosecurity, fish health management, diagnostic pathology, microbiology, and the study of novel and complex diseases in tropical aquaculture.
Dr Gibson-Kueh published the first reports of two important diseases of Asian seabass or barramundi, scale drop and big belly which can cause devastating mortalities of up to 100%. Her current research is focused on the translation of an in-depth knowledge of gaps in aquatic animal health in aquaculture into her research goals. She believes that the key to successful management of diseases lies in advancing current knowledge in applied fish physiology, immunology and gene expression. She is passionate about promoting livelihoods to empower remote communities through quality education and research, in line with UN sustainable development goals to alleviate poverty.
She was the first to describe a coccidian parasite of L. calcarifer which was subsequently named after her, Goussia kuehae. Description of Goussia kuehae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae)
She taught over 900 veterinary students at Murdoch University, over 200 aquaculture students at James Cook University Singapore, supervised 1 PhD and 5 Honours students successfully to completion, and is currently supervising 3 PhD students working on diseases of L. calcarifer.
She is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in the Medicine and Management of Aquaculture species (by examination).