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Associate Professor Troy Gaston

Associate Dean Engagement and Outreach
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Associate Professor Danielle Verdon-Kidd

Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Associate Professor Hannah Power

Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Associate Professor Jose Rodriguez

Associate Professor
School of Engineering

Professor Bill Leggat

Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Michael Kinsela

Lecturer - Coastal and Ocean Geoscience
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Gabriel Rau

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Megan Huggett

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Chris Owers

Lecturer - Spatial Information Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Alex Callen

Lecturer Vegetation and Restoration Ecology
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Sara Polanco

Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Brady Flinchum

Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Margaret Platell

Lecturer - Coastal and Marine Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Michael Stat

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Professor Brett Neilan

Laureate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Associate Professor Geoff MacFarlane

Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Craig Evans

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Taiwo Akanbi

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Penta Pristijono

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Richard Yu

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Associate Professor Andrea Griffin

Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Darren Southwell

Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Professor Matthew Hayward

Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Associate Professor Liam Phelan

Associate Professor in Sustainability Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Associate Professor Bonnie McBain

Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Paul Stolk

Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Business School

Associate Professor Tamara Young

Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School

Associate Professor Kim Maund

Associate Dean of Education
School of Architecture and Built Environment

Dr Helen Giggins

Deputy Head of School
School of Architecture and Built Environment

Associate Professor Iftekhar Ahmed

Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Built Environment

Dr Liyaning Maggie Tang

Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment

Professor Thayaparan Gajendran

Head of School and Dean
School of Architecture and Built Environment

Dr Irene Perez Lopez

Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment

Professor Silvia Frisia

Emeritus Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Andrea Borsato

Research Associate
School of Environmental and Life Sciences

Dr Mehdi Khaki

Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering

Dr Congying Li

Lecturer
School of Engineering

Dr Hannah Yoon

Lecturer
School of Engineering
  • Jane Kennedy - Past cyclone fingerprints in tree rings: Using palaeotempestology for tropical cyclone resilience of Northeast Australia - supervisor A/Prof Danielle Verdon-Kidd
  • Michela Skipp - Spatio-Temporal Variability of Compound Heatwave Events: Historical and Future Risks, and Their Impacts on Agricultural Yield - supervisor A/Prof Danielle Verdon-Kidd
  • Hesam Zareh Parvar Ghoochani Nejad - Improving Future Climate Risk Projections For The South Pacific With Non-Linear Palaeoclimate Data Series Analysis -supervisor A/Prof Danielle Verdon-Kidd
  • Matthew Goodwin - Towards a High Resolution Palaeoclimate Record for NSW Australia - supervisor A/Prof Danielle Verdon-Kidd
  • Cindy Liles - Climate Change and Australian Wine Regions: An Assessment of Bioclimatic Temperature Variables for Historic, Current, and Future Suitability - supervisor A/Prof Danielle Verdon-Kidd
  • Sazal Kumar - Molluscan Biomonitor of Endocrine Disrupting Chemical (EDCs) - supervisors A/Prof Geoff MacFarlane and Dr Richard Yu
  • Susan Prior - How The Trophic Status Of Norfolk Island’s Lagoons Influences Species Diversity And Population Stability - supervisor Prof Bill Leggat
  • James Wong - Investigating the Ecology of Fishes in a Subtropical Australian Reef Ecosystem - supervisor Prof Bill Leggat
  • Hayden Swift - Ecological Effects Of Foreshore Stabilisation In NSW Estuaries - supervisor A/Prof Troy Gaston
  • Kristen McSpadden - Remote Monitoring of Sea Cucumbers on the Great Barrier Reef - supervisor A/Prof Troy Gaston
  • Tom Moir - Effects of artificial environmental warming on temperate Zostera muelleri resilience and reproduction - supervisor A/Prof Troy Gaston
  • Molly Grew - Ray Ecology and Behaviour in Estuarine Systems: Movement, Diet and Provision of Ecosystem Services - supervisor A/Prof Troy Gaston
  • Mark Bennett - Movement and Residency of Fish in Rehabilitated Estuarine Marsh Habitat - supervisor Dr Megan Huggett
  • Finlay Johnson - Reducing Oyster Over Catch to Increase Farming Productivity in Wallis Lake - supervisor A/Prof Troy Gaston
  • Marylin Oliver - Perennial or Not? Examination and Improvement of Australia’s Stream Classification - supervisor Dr Gabriel Rau and Dr Sara Polanco
  • Jonathon Levey - Enablers and Inhibitors of Energy and Climate Policy Capture within Australian Federal Politics - supervisor A/Prof Bonnie McBain
  • Mark Bennett - Movement and Residency of Fish in Rehabilitated Estuarine Marsh Habitat - supervisor Dr Megan Huggett
  • Tom Moir - Effects of artificial environmental warming on temperate Zostera muelleri resilience and reproduction- supervisor Dr Megan Huggett
  • Hayden Swift - Ecological Effects Of Foreshore Stabilisation In NSW Estuaries- supervisor Dr Megan Huggett
  • Brittney Valenzisi - Investigating the Effects of Underwater Noise on Estuarine Marine Fauna in New South Wales, Australia- supervisor Dr Megan Huggett
  • Gabrielle Potts-Todd - Assessing Threats to Little Penguin Populations to Inform Conservation Management - supervisor Dr Megan Huggett and Dr Darren Southwell
  • Aref Choubchilangroudi - A Novel Wall-Mounted Atmospheric Water Harvester for Minimising the Energy and Emissions Footprints of Building Envelopes - supervisor Dr Maggie Tang
  • Usamah Saleem B Aloufi - The Role Of Stakeholders In Disaster Risk Reduction In Megaprojects In Saudi Arabia - supervisor Dr Maggie Tang
  • Rosemary Patrick - Impacts of contaminants on sexual selection processes - supervisor A/Prof Geoff MacFarlane
  • Elise BullerUnderstanding the Processes and Driving Factors Behind Headland Bypassing in New South Wales and How this Impacts Our Coastal Communities - supervisor Dr Mike Kinsela
  • Colleen FishWave Overwash Hazards and Risk Management on Coastal Rock Platforms - supervisor Dr Mike Kinsela
  • Sara Mills - Data-Driven Disaster Management - Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Disaster Management Strategies Across Australia - supervisor Dr Helen Giggins
  • Jaman Van Den BroekEcological functioning of a drinking water reservoir - supervisor Dr Craig Evans
  • Amy StephensEcology and biocontrol of invasive aquatic plants (weeds) - supervisor Dr Craig Evans
  • Made Krisnanda - Agent based modelling of climate change-induced disaster evacuation management - supervisor Prof Thayaparan Gajendran
  • Isaac King - Incremental Housing in Disaster Reconstruction - supervisor Prof Thayaparan Gajendran
  • Madhuka Wickramarachchi - Optimal Uses of Remote Sensing and Physical Model to Improve Hydrologic Prediction for Accurate Flood Early Warnings - supervisor Dr Mehdi Khaki
  • Kalani Pathira Arachchilage - Improve Soil Moisture Estimation Using Remote Sensing Data In Combination With Field and Model Data - supervisor Dr Mehdi Khaki
  • Maryam Tabatabaeiasl - Modelling future climate change impacts on Murray-Darling Basin's total water storage and potential agricultural impacts - supervisor Dr Mehdi Khaki
  • Raid Hassan H Almalki - The Environmental Impact of Dams in Saudi Arabia - supervisors Dr Mehdi Khaki and A/Prof Jose Rodriguez
  • Caitlin Potts - Acoustic Innovations: Enhancing Wildlife Monitoring across Australia’s Commonwealth National Parks - supervisor Dr Darren Southwell
  • Charlotte Rigolot - Evaluating the Impact of a Wild-to-Wild Koala Phascolarctos cinereus Reinforcement Translocation on Founder and Recipient Populations - supervisor Dr Darren Southwell
  • Emily Jarvis - Surviving the Inferno – How Threatened Macropods Survived the Catastrophic ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires - supervisor Dr Darren Southwell
  • Eric Sandi - Evolution of coastal wetlands under sea level rise.
  • Carlos Brieva - Coupling vegetation dynamics and hydrology for management and prediction
  • Hoda Maki - Optimal urban bulk water supply planning using forcast-guided adaptation
  • Rebecca Carlier - Integration of Ecological Response Feedbacks for Optimisation of Water Resource Management

Post Docs

  • Dr Farshad Salajegheh - Enhancing marine bathymetry using new generation satellite sensors - with Dr Mehdi Khaki
  • Dr Mao Zhou - Enhancing marine bathymetry using new generation satellite sensors - with Dr Mehdi Khaki
  • Dr Miao Tang - Land surface modelling, various hydroclimate variables and GRACE data processing - with Dr Mehdi Khaki
  • Adam Smart - Spatial conservation planning to support threatened species and livelihoods - with Dr Darren Southwell
  • Finella Dawlings - Rewilding Norfolk: closing management knowledge gaps for faunal restoration on islands - with Dr Darren Southwell
  • Matthjius Hollanders - Informing management of feral cats and foxes in priority areas - with Dr Darren Southwell
  • Rebecca Carlier - Accounting for non-stationarity in streamflow using vegetation-aware rainfall-runoff models in Greater Sydney water supply catchments

Affiliates

  • Dr Jonathan Palmer - Dr Jonathan Palmer specialises in tree-ring applications (dendrochronology) for reconstruction and analysis of climate variability and change, as well as radiocarbon dating.