Teaching and Research Academics

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Head of School

Prof Lesley Head


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

Prof Allan Chivas

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 ~

Prof John Morrison

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 ~

Prof Colin Murray-Wallace

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 ~

Prof Gerald Nanson

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 ~

Prof Colin Woodroffe

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

A/Prof Chris Fergusson

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 ~

A/Prof Chris Gibson

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 ~

A/Prof Brian Jones

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 ~

A/Prof Gordon Waitt

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

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 Nick Gill

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

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

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

Pamela ABUODHA
pabuodha@uow.edu.au
Ph:+61 2 4221 5455
Location: 41.G30

Climate change in the Coastal Zone ~

Dr Sol Buckman

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 Tony Dosseto

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 ~
Last reviewed: 21 October, 2009

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