Scott Allen

Dr. Scott Allen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of the Environment, The University of Queensland. He completed his PhD in 2018 in the School of Biological Sciences, focusing on sex-biased gene expression in Drosophila serrata. His research spans genetics, evolutionary biology, and infectious disease ecology, with a focus on Drosophila model systems and mosquito vectors like Aedes aegypti and Anopheles farauti. He investigates genomic architecture, population genetics, and the mechanisms underlying pathogen-vector interactions.

Key research interests include:

• Sex-biased gene expression evolution
• Wolbachia-mediated viral blocking mechanisms
• Population structure of disease vectors
• Genomic tools for Drosophila and mosquitoes
• Adaptive divergence and hybrid incompatibility

His recent work explores how genetic variation influences traits like dengue virus transmission in mosquitoes and the maintenance of genetic variance in complex phenotypes. He has contributed to projects on gene drive systems for malaria vectors and the genomic response to artificial selection in mosquitoes.

Dr. Allen collaborates widely, publishing in journals such as Molecular Ecology, Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens. His lab and team affiliations are centered within the University of Queensland’s research groups focused on environmental and evolutionary genomics.