Contact Details
| Organization: | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Position: | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: HYDROLOGY & WATER RESOURCES |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.civenv.unimelb.edu.au/autohome/webpage.php3?login=western |
| Work: | 83447305 |
| Fax: | 83446215 |
| Room: | 411 |
| Level: | 04 |
| Building: | Engineering Block D |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Catchment Hydrology | Australia |
| Groundwater Hydrology | Australia |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Engineering | Monash University | 31-Dec-1990 | |
| Bachelor of Economics | Monash University | 31-Dec-1990 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-1995 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Stochastic Analysis and Modelling (STATISTICS) (230202)
- Instruments and Techniques (OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCES) (249903)
- Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) (OTHER CHEMICAL SCIENCES) (259902)
- Geomorphology (GEOLOGY) (260114)
- Gravity (GEOPHYSICS) (260201)
- Inorganic Geochemistry not elsewhere classified (GEOCHEMISTRY) (260304)
- Groundwater Hydrology (HYDROLOGY) (260501)
- Surfacewater Hydrology (HYDROLOGY) (260502)
- Hydrology not elsewhere classified (HYDROLOGY) (260599)
- Meteorology (ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES) (260601)
- Climatology (incl. Palaeoclimatology) (ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES) (260602)
- Plant Physiology (BOTANY) (270402)
- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270702)
- Terrestrial Ecology (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270703)
- Water and Sanitary Engineering (CIVIL ENGINEERING) (290802)
- Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (GEOMATIC ENGINEERING) (291003)
- Environmental Engineering Modelling (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING) (291101)
- Bio-remediation (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING) (291102)
- Environmental Technologies (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING) (291104)
- Environmental Engineering not elsewhere classified (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING) (291199)
- Soil Chemistry (SOIL AND WATER SCIENCES) (300103)
- Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, etc.) (SOIL AND WATER SCIENCES) (300105)
- Ecosystem Studies and Stock Assessment (FISHERIES SCIENCES) (300704)
- Environmental Management and Rehabilitation (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300801)
- Natural Resource Management (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300803)
- Environmental Impact Assessment (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300804)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Fisheries - recreational (FISH) (630302)
- Environmental policy, legislation & standards not elsewhere classified (ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS) (760199)
- Rights to environmental and natural resources (ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE EVALUATION) (760203)
- Environmental & resource evaluation not elsewhere classified (ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE EVALUATION) (760299)
- Other Environmental aspects (OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS) (769999)
- Climate change (CLIMATE AND WEATHER) (770101)
- Climate variability (CLIMATE AND WEATHER) (770102)
- Weather (CLIMATE AND WEATHER) (770103)
- Other (CLIMATE AND WEATHER) (770199)
- Atmospheric processes (ATMOSPHERE EXCL. CLIMATE AND WEATHER) (770202)
- Land and water management (COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770402)
- Integrated (ecosystem) (COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770406)
- Estuarine and lagoon areas (COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770409)
- Land and water management (URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT) (770502)
- Land and water management (HIGH COUNTRY INCL. MOUNTAINS) (770602)
- Rehabilitation of degraded high country (HIGH COUNTRY INCL. MOUNTAINS) (770607)
- Land and water management (FOREST AND WOODED LANDS) (770702)
- Rehabilitation/reafforestation (FOREST AND WOODED LANDS) (770707)
- Land and water management (FARMLAND INCL. ARABLE LAND AND PERMANENT CROP LAND) (770802)
- Rehabilitation of degraded farmland (FARMLAND INCL. ARABLE LAND AND PERMANENT CROP LAND) (770807)
- Land and water management (SPARSELAND INCL. PERMANENT GRASSLAND AND THE ARID ZONE) (770902)
- Land and water management (MINING ENVIRONMENTS) (771002)
- Land and water management (OTHER INCL. ISLANDS) (779902)
- Physical sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780102)
- Earth sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780104)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REMOTE SENSING OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION | Chief Investigator | SHEPPARTON IRRIGATION REGION IMPLEMENTATION CO, AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) | 09/10/2002 |
| Salinity processes in Lake Eyre basin rivers | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2004 |
| Daily hydrological and erosion modelling utilising sub-daily rainfall intensity distributions | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2005 |
| Salinity processes in Lake Eyre Basin Rivers | Principal Supervisor | LAND & WATER AUST | High Innovation R&D Projects | 13/05/2005 |
| Quantifying near-surface diffuse discharge from the southwest Great Artesian Basin | Chief Investigator | SANTOS LTD, AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) | 01/01/2007 |
| "Linking freshwater flows, salt wedge dynamics and fisheries productivity in estuaries" | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Linkage Projects | 01/01/2007 |
| UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE HUMAN IMPACTS ON STREAM FLOW REGIMES | Chief Investigator | LAND & WATER AUST | High Innovation R&D Projects | 01/08/2008 |
| An integrated investigation of nutrient generation and delivery processes and pathways from paddock to small catchment scales | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2009 |
Contracts
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applications of low-frequency SAR data - Western | Chief Investigator | CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 01/06/2002 |
| PROJECT CODE: 1.D.102 - PREDICTING CONSTITUENT GENERATION, TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION IN CATCHMENTS; PROJECT 1A.101; 1A.102;1B.101; 1D.101; 1D.102;1H.101;1K.101;1J.101;1X.101;2D.201;2E.201;2F.202; | Chief Investigator | EWATER CRC, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE |
01/01/2006 |
| THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF POOLS ON THE LOWER-MEKONG RIVER: POOL SPACING, SIZE, MAINTENANCE AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FLOW REGULATION. | Chief Investigator | MEKONG RIVER COMMISSION | 01/05/2006 |
| REVIEW OF SURFACE WATER MONITORING NETWORK | Chief Investigator | DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT | 10/05/2006 |
| COLLABORATION AGREEMENT - SURFACE WATER MONITORING FRAMEWORK, CONTINUE RESEARCH INTO METHODS FOR DESIGNING A ROBUST AND MULT-OBJECTIVE SURFACE WATER MONITORING NETWORK FOR VICTORIA | Chief Investigator | DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT | 01/07/2007 |
Consultancies
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEER REVIEW | Chief Investigator | ||
| PILOT STUDY USING REMOTE SENSING TO MONITOR RIVER HEALTH IN LAKE EYRE BASIN | Chief Investigator | UMEE LTD |
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.