Rate My Professor Shu Hui Koh

Dr. Shu Hui Koh is a Lecturer in Cell Biology in the School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences at Murdoch University, where she conducts research as a molecular biologist focused on the discovery and study of plant viruses within Western Australia's flora. Her contributions to plant virology include the characterization of a novel member of the Tombusviridae family isolated from the wild legume Cullen australasicum (Koh et al., Archives of Virology, 2016) and an examination of the evolutionary dynamics of a wild-plant tobamovirus passaged through an exotic host, revealing fixation of mutations and increased replication rates (Koh et al., Virus Evolution, 2017). More recent efforts involve surveying the virome of wild indigenous Cryptostylis ovata orchids, which identified novel umbraviruses and umbrapiviruses (Wylie et al., Viruses, 2025). Additional publications encompass Catharanthus mosaic virus, a potyvirus from the gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis, and analyses of seasonal patterns of tomato mosaic tobamovirus infection, alongside virome studies from ornamental flowers in rural Australia. These works, totaling around nine peer-reviewed publications with over 110 citations, advance knowledge of viral diversity and ecology in native and ornamental plants.