| Head of School | |
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Colin MURRAY-WALLACE cwallace@ uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42214419 Location: 41.154a | - Quaternary studies and global environmental change
- Sedimentology and stratigraphy
- Amino acid racemisation, coastal evolution and sea-level change
- Neotectonics
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| Professors | |
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Allan R. CHIVAS toschi@uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42213263 Location: 41.161b | - Chemical hydrology, palaeoceanography & atmospheric chemistry
- Low-temperature geochemistry-chemical, C-14, C1-36 & stable-isotope studies of the formation and evolution of modern and ancient lake basins, etc
- Chemical and isotopic studies of ore deposits
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John MORRISON johnm@uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42214377 Location: 41.G27 | - Estuarine science & management especially nutrient budgeting
- Soil genesis and management
- Small island environments
- Linking coastalzone and catchment management
- Environmental chemistry
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Gerald C. NANSON gnanson@ uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42213631 Location: 41.G33 | - River channel erosion
- Floodplain formation of rivers of arid and tropical regions
- Quaternary environmental change
- Thermoluminescence dating
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Gordon WAITT gwaitt@uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42213684 Location: 41.G20 | - Social/Culture Geography
- Cultures of natures
- Tourism, Festivals, Travelle
- Sexuality and gender
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Colin D. WOODROFFE colin@uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42213359 Location: 41G05 | - Coastal processes
- Estuarine studies
- Mangrove ecology
- Geographic Information Systems
- Sea-level change
- Coral atolls
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| Associate Professors | |
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Michael ADAMS madams@ uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42214284 Location: 41.G19 | - Indigenous environmental issues
- Conservation and protected area policy
- Cultural values of wildlife
- Experiential learning and outdoor education
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Christopher FERGUSSON cferguss@ uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42213860 Location: 41.159 | - Regional geology and tectonics of the Tasmanides of
- eastern Australia
- Sedimentology of deep-marine sediments
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Brian JONES briangj@uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42213803 Location: 41.168 | - Petrology of petroleum reservoir rocks
- Sedimentology of fluvial, fluvio-deltaic and volcaniclastic sequences
- Basin analysis
- Application of mathematical techniques to geological problems
- Coastal ecology
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Allen NUTMAN anutman@ uow.edu.au Ph: +61 2 42981347 Location: 41.162 | - Early Precambrian crustal evolution, terrestrial differentiation and emerging life environments
- This is undertaken via integrated field studies (including geological mapping), geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology. Main focus for research is Greenland
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| Senior Lecturers | |
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Dr Solomon (Sol) BUCKMAN solomon@ uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42215950 Location: 41.163 | - Ore deposit geology
- Tectonics (China and Central Asia, Eastern Australia)
- Paleofire records and sedimentation
- Geological application of remote sensing
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Dr Laurie CHISHOLM lauriec@uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42213765 Location: 41.G25 | - Remote sensing, GIS, and advanced modelling techniques to investigate impacts of both natural and anthropogenic disturbances on the dynamics of ecological systems
- Specific interests in hyperspectral remote sensing for detection of vegetation stress, monitoring vegetation health, and discrimination between vegetation species, including exotic weeds
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Dr Tim COHEN tcohen@uow.edu.au Ph: +61 2 42392375 Location: 41.G32 | - Fluvial geomorphology
- Arid zone geomorphology
- Palaeoclimatology and Quaternary studies
- Geochronology
- River and catchment management
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Dr Nicholas GILL ngill@uow.edu.au Ph:+61 2 42214165 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
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| Lecturers | |
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Dr Leah GIBBS leah@uow.edu.au Ph: +61 2 42981547 Location: 41.G11 | - Cultural geographies of nature, especially water
- Environmental governance
- Politics of environmental knowledge production
- Multi-disciplinary research methodologies
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Dr Sarah HAMYLTON shamylto@ uow.edu.au Ph: +61 2 42213589 Location: 41.G29 | - Coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves
- GIS and remote sensing
- Modelling structural and functional processes in coastal systems
- Modelling physical processes in the coastal zone
- Landscape ecology
- The social and cultural contexts of map use
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Dr Samuel MARX smarx@uow.edu.au Ph: +61 2 42215318 Location: 41.G31 | - Aeolian geomorphology, long-range dust transport and the use of dust as a palaeo-environmental proxy.
- Hydro-climate variability.
- Atmospheric pollution and environmental accumulation of pollutants.
- Geochemical tracers of physical processes.
- Effects of anthropogenic activities on the environment, particularly erosion, sedimentation and pollution histories.
- Coastal wetland dynamics.
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Dr Natascha KLOCKER natascha@ uow.edu.au Ph: +61 2 42981331 Location: 41.G13 | - Geographies of racism and anti-racism
- Immigration, cultural diversity, asylum seeking and refugees
- Geographies of childhood & youth including children’s work/labour
- Alternative research methodologies,including participatory action research
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Dr Sandra CARRUTHERS sandraca@uow.edu.au Ph: +61 2 42213426 Location: 41.G23 | |