Rate My Professor Storm Martin

Storm Martin is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences at Murdoch University and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute. He obtained his PhD from the University of Queensland. His research specializations encompass the taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, biogeography, ecology, and host-parasite interactions of trematodes (Digenea) and other metazoan parasites infecting marine fishes, elasmobranchs, reptiles, amphibians, and related hosts primarily in the Indo-West Pacific region. Martin utilizes integrated morphological and molecular methods, including DNA sequencing of ITS2, 28S rDNA, and COI markers, to describe new taxa, investigate host specificity and switches, and document parasite richness from extensive necropsy collections exceeding 20,000 fishes.

Martin's career includes prior research at the University of Queensland, supported by an Australian Biological Resources Study postdoctoral fellowship, leading to his current appointments at Murdoch University. He has produced over 39 peer-reviewed publications with more than 426 citations. Key publications feature new species and genera descriptions such as 'Return to the sea: Sagaratrema n. g. for the marine Liolopidae' (2026), 'Lobosorchis labri n. sp. (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae)' (2026), 'Siphoderina hustoni n. sp.' (2022), and 'A new microbothriid monogenean Dermopristis pterophilus n. sp.' (2022); conservation-focused studies on ectoparasites of critically endangered species including the green sawfish Pristis zijsron and giant shovelnose ray Glaucostegus typus (2024); and methodological contributions like 'Twenty thousand fishes under the seas: Insights into the collection and storage of trematodes' (2025). He holds editorial board positions with International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife and Systematic Parasitology, and co-organized the inaugural Trematodes 2024 international meeting for early-career trematode researchers.