Environmental science and management
If you have a passion for science, sustainability and want to play a part in solving the environmental problems facing our society, the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management at the University of Newcastle is for you. You'll learn to understand and combat the critical issues placing a growing strain on the earth’s natural resources such as climate change, human impacts, and the biodiversity crisis. Find scientific solutions to our current environmental
Dr Craig Evans
Senior Lecturer
School of Science
microbial species in environmental samples, Gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- craig.evans@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240550695
Professor Troy Gaston
Associate Dean Engagement and Outreach
School of Science
Marine, coastal and estuarine ecosystem functioning and health, habitat rehabilitation, fishery productivity
- troy.gaston@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243494569
Associate Professor Andrea Griffin
Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation Science
School of Science
- andrea.griffin@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484393
Associate Professor Geoff MacFarlane
Associate Professor
School of Science
Estuarine and marine ecotoxicology
- geoff.macfarlane@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217858
Emeritus Professor Michael Mahony
Emeritus Professor
School of Engineering
Environmental Science and Management, Frog Species
- michael.mahony@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216014
Associate Professor Bonnie McBain
Associate Professor
School of Science
Sustainability Science, Learning for sustainability, Science Teaching
- bonnie.mcbain@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249218871
Associate Professor Liam Phelan
Associate Professor in Sustainability Science
School of Science
Climate change, Complex adaptive systems, Environmental Studies
- liam.phelan@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216464
Dr Margaret Platell
Lecturer - Coastal and Marine Science
School of Science
Aquatic systems, Ecological processes, Fishing and aquaculture impacts
- margaret.platell@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243494809
Associate Professor Richard Yu
Associate Professor
School of Science
EDC, Endocrine disrupting chemicals, Environmental DNA
- richard.yu@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216990
Dr Darren Southwell
Senior Lecturer
School of Science
Conservation biology, ecology, optimal monitoring, population modelling, quantitative ecology, threatened species, species distribution modelling
- darren.southwell@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216826
Associate Professor Michael Stat
Associate Professor
School of Science
Coral reefs, environmental DNA, genomics, symbiosis
- michael.stat@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215710
Associate Professor Megan Huggett
Associate Professor
School of Science
- megan.huggett@newcastle.edu.au
- 0243484025
Dr Michael Kinsela
Lecturer - Coastal and Ocean Geoscience
School of Science
Coastal risk management, Coastal hazards, Climate change, Coastal barrier estuary systems, component depositional landforms
Dr Chris Owers
Senior Lecturer, Spatial Information Science
School of Science
Spatial science, carbon storage, remote sensing, GIS, coastal science, biogeography, vegetation science, geomorphology, biodiversity
- chris.owers@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217803
Associate Professor Hannah Power
Associate Professor
School of Science
coastal environments including sandy beaches, estuaries, rocky shores, and coral reefs, coastal processes including ocean waves, tides, and currents, coastal hazards including wave overwash and tsunami, climate change impacts on coasts, geographic information systems, field experiments, numerical modelling
- hannah.power@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215606
Dr Gabriel Rau
Senior Lecturer
School of Science
Engineering geology, Hydrogeology, Groundwater, Hydrogeophysics
- gabriel.rau@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217743
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