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Teaching and Research Academics
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Head of School
Human environment interactions ~
Concepts of culture and nature ~
Urban natures, sustainability and Climate Change adaptation ~
Past and present Aboriginal land use ~
Australian prehistory and environmental change ~
Lesley HEAD
lhead@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3124
Location: 41.G14
Professors

Allan R. CHIVAS
toschi@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3263
Location: 41.161b
Low-temperature geochemistry - Chemical, C-14, C1-36 and stable-isotope studies of the formation and evolution of modern and ancient lake basins, etc ~
Chemical hydrology, palaeoceanography and atmospheric chemistry ~
Chemical and isotopic studies of ore deposits ~

John MORRISON
johnm@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 4377
Location: 41.G27
Estuarine science & management especially nutrient budgeting ~
Watershed management ~
Soil genesis and management ~
Small island environments ~
Environmental chemistry ~

Colin MURRAY-WALLACE
cwallace@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 4419
Location: 41.272
Quaternary studies and global environmental change ~
Sedimentology and stratigraphy ~
Amino acid racemisation, coastal evolution and sea-level change ~
Neotectonics ~

Gerald C. NANSON
gnanson@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3631
Location: 41.G33
River channel erosion ~
Floodplain formation of rivers of arid and tropical regions ~
Quaternary environmental change ~
Thermoluminescence dating ~

Colin D. WOODROFFE
colin@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3359
Location: 41G05
Coastal processes ~
Estuarine studies ~
Mangrove ecology ~
Sea-level change ~
Coral atolls ~
Geographic Information Systems ~
Associate Professors

Christopher FERGUSSON
cferguss@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3860
Location: 41.159
Regional geology and tectonics of the Tasmanides of eastern Australia ~
Sedimentology of deep-marine sediments ~

Chris GIBSON
cgibson@uow.edu.au
Ph: +61 2 4221 3448
Location: 41.G08
Social geography ~
History and philosophy of geography ~
Economic geography & Creative industries ~
Cities & regions ~
Tourism ~
Rural festivals ~

Brian JONES
briangj@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3803
Location: 41.168
Sedimentology of fluvial, fluvio-deltaic and volcaniclastic sequences ~
Basin analysis ~
Petrology of petroleum reservoir rocks ~
Application of mathematical techniques to geological problems ~
Coastal ecology ~

Gordon WAITT
gwaitt@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3684
Location: 41.G20
Social/Culture Geography ~
Cultures of natures ~
Tourism, Festivals, Travelle ~
Sexuality and gender ~
Senior Lecturers

Dr Laurie CHISHOLM
lauriec@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3765
Location: 41.G25
Application of remote sensing and GIS technologies to environmental management and resource assessment in general ~
Specific interests in hyperspectral remote sensing for discriminating vegetation stress, type and foliar biochemistry ~
Sub-pixel analysis of hyperspectral imagery ~
Integration of radar and optical data ~

Dr Nicholas GILL
ngill@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 4165
Location: 41.G16
Rural social and cultural change ~
Cultural and historical aspects of arid zone pastoralism ~
Aboriginal land use ~
Cultural geography and environment ~
Environmental policy ~

Dr Marji PUOTINEN
marji@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3589
Location: 41.G34
Spatial modeling and Geographic Information Science ~
Coral Reef Disturbance Ecology ~
Natural hazards modeling ~
Recent environmental change ~
Lecturers

Dr Jennifer ATCHISON
jennya@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 5318
Location: 41.G31
Human environmental interactions ~
Geography and sustainability of food ~
Cultural ecology of plants ~

Pamela ABUODHA
pabuodha@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 5455
Location: 41.G30
Climate change in the Coastal Zone ~

Dr Solomon (Sol) BUCKMAN
solomon@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 5950
Location: 41.163
Ore deposit geology ~
Tectonics (China and Central Asia, Eastern Australia)~
Paleofire records and sedimentation ~
Geological application of remote sensing ~

Dr Anthony (Tony) DOSSETO
tonyd@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 4805
Location: 41.160
Catchment erosion response to climate change during the last glacial cycle ~
Soil production and erosion ~
Sediment production and transport ~
The production of silicic magmas ~
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