Centre for
Integrated Resilience
Coasts, Water and Climate
People
Associate Professor Troy Gaston
Associate Dean Engagement and Outreach
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- troy.gaston@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243494569
Associate Professor Danielle Verdon-Kidd
Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- danielle.verdon@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215749
Associate Professor Hannah Power
Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- hannah.power@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215606
Associate Professor Jose Rodriguez
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
- jose.rodriguez@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217376
Professor Bill Leggat
Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- bill.leggat@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484021
Dr Gabriel Rau
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- gabriel.rau@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217743
Dr Megan Huggett
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- megan.huggett@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484025
Dr Chris Owers
Lecturer - Spatial Information Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- chris.owers@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217803
Dr Margaret Platell
Lecturer - Coastal and Marine Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- margaret.platell@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243494809
Dr Michael Stat
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- michael.stat@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215710
Professor Brett Neilan
Laureate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- brett.neilan@newcastle.edu.au
- 0421227477
Associate Professor Geoff MacFarlane
Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- geoff.macfarlane@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217858
Dr Craig Evans
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- craig.evans@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240550695
Dr Taiwo Akanbi
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- taiwo.akanbi@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484117
Dr Penta Pristijono
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- penta.pristijono@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243494783
Dr Richard Yu
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- richard.yu@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216990
Associate Professor Andrea Griffin
Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- andrea.griffin@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484393
Dr Darren Southwell
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- darren.southwell@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216826
Professor Matthew Hayward
Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- matthew.hayward@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217472
Associate Professor Liam Phelan
Associate Professor in Sustainability Science
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- liam.phelan@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216464
Associate Professor Bonnie McBain
Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- bonnie.mcbain@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249218871
Associate Professor Tamara Young
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
- tamara.young@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215804
Associate Professor Kim Maund
Associate Dean of Education
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- kim.maund@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216729
Dr Helen Giggins
Deputy Head of School
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- helen.giggins@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216424
Associate Professor Iftekhar Ahmed
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- ifte.ahmed@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216011
Dr Liyaning Maggie Tang
Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- maggie.tang@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249854587
Professor Thayaparan Gajendran
Head of School and Dean
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- thayaparan.gajendran@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215781
Dr Irene Perez Lopez
Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
- irene.perezlopez@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216608
Professor Silvia Frisia
Emeritus Professor
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- silvia.frisia@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215402
Dr Andrea Borsato
Research Associate
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- andrea.borsato@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215809
- 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 Buller – Understanding the Processes and Driving Factors Behind Headland Bypassing in New South Wales and How this Impacts Our Coastal Communities - supervisor Dr Mike Kinsela
- Colleen Fish – Wave 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 Broek – Ecological functioning of a drinking water reservoir - supervisor Dr Craig Evans
- Amy Stephens – Ecology 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.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.