Stuart Ferguson
Researcher
Department of health
University of Tasmania
Australia
Biography
Assoc Prof Ferguson completed his undergraduate degree in Australia before receiving his PhD in Psychology from the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand). After completing his PhD, Stuart moved to the USA to work as a post-doctoral fellow in the Smoking Research Group at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA, USA). During his six years in the USA Stuart also worked outside of academia as a research scientist.
Research Interest
Assoc Prof Ferguson's research aligns to the University's research theme of Better Health. His primary research interest is exploring the process and drivers of drug relapse, particular among cigarette smokers. He is also interested in treatment efficacy and factors that impact on the likelihood of treatment use, and treatment compliance, as part of quit attempts. To explore these topics Assoc Prof Ferguson uses a broad range of research methodologies, from laboratory-based techniques through to sophisticated, near real-time field monitoring.
Publications
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Fülöp V, Moir JW, Ferguson SJ, Hajdu J. The anatomy of a bifunctional enzyme: structural basis for reduction of oxygen to water and synthesis of nitric oxide by cytochrome cd1. Cell. 1995 May 5;81(3):369-77.
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Williams PA, Fulop V, Garman EF, Saunders NF. Haem-ligand switching during catalysis in crystals of a nitrogen-cycle enzyme. Nature. 1997 Sep 25;389(6649):406.
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Berks BC, Ferguson SJ, Moir JW, Richardson DJ. Enzymes and associated electron transport systems that catalyse the respiratory reduction of nitrogen oxides and oxyanions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics. 1995 Dec 12;1232(3):97-173.
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Nicholls DG, Ferguson SJ. Bioenergetics. Gulf Professional Publishing; 2002 Jul 3.
