UOW
Excellence - Innovation - Diversity
University of Wollongong
Site Search
Advanced Search  
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Skip navigation
About the School
School Staff
Current Students
Prospective Students
Research
Careers
 
 
 

Academic Staff

Click on staff name to go to individual homepages. 
Name Research  
Head of School

    

Lesley HEAD

lhead@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3124
Location: 41.G14
Human environment interactions

Australian prehistory and environmental change

Urban natures and sustainability
Past and present Aboriginal land use
Concepts of culture and nature                         

 


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

 


 

Bruce CHAPPELL

brucec@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 409 203552
Location: 41.G63
Professor of Earth Sciences

 


John MORRISON

johnm@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 4377
Location: 19.G012
Estuarine science and 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.G31
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

     

Edward BRYANT

ebryant@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3172
Location: 41.259
Coastal evolution and the role of tsunami.
Quaternary environmental change.
Causes and nature of recent climate change
Currently Faculty Office Associate Dean

Paul CARR

pcarr@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3804
Location: 41.158A
Igneous petrology, especially geochemistry of granites and related volcanic rocks;
Isotope geochemistry
Volcanology
Mineralogy

 


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.G15
Social/Culture Geography

Cultures of natures

Tourism

Festivals
Travellers
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 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  
 

 
 Associate Lecturers

 

Natascha Klocker 

natascha@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 3448
Location: 41.G08
Human Geography
Development Studies
Migration Studies
 
 

 

 
   

Last reviewed: 16 May, 2008 

 
   
 
University of Wollongong
Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
UOW Switchboard: +61 2 4221 3555
Prospective Student Enquiries
Australia: 1300 367 869
International:  +61 2 4221 3218  

CRICOS Provider No: 00102E
Privacy, Disclaimer & Copyright Info
Feedback: webmasters@uow.edu.au