Academic Staff

Dr. Matt Hipsey
Matt is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Science disciplines of the School of Agriculture and Environment and he leads the AED Group.

Dr. Peisheng Huang
Peisheng is a Research Fellow with expertise in modelling estuary and lake biogeochemistry.

Dr. Dan Paraska
Dan is a Research Associate experience in water and sediment quality, and catchment modelling.
Technicians and Affiliates

Brendan Busch
Brendan is a Senior Research Engineer and responsible for data analysis and model systems
AED Alumni
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Tanveer Adyel (PhD)
Metabolism of urban wetlands as an indicator of function
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Benya Wang (PhD)
Application of machine learning for nutrient prediction in urban catchments
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Hasnein bin Tareque (PhD)
Climate change impacts on wetland ecohydrology: Case of the Western Swamp Tortoise
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Dan Paraska (PhD)
Environmental controls on chemical interactions at the sediment-water interface
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Yasmina Elshafei (PhD)
The drivers of river basin sustainability: Is coevolution of social perceptions and ecosystem services the key?
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Gayan Gunaratne (PhD)
The effects of altered hydrological regimes on water quality and nutrient delivery to a sub-tropical coastal wetland
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Ana Laura Ruibal Conti (PhD)
Connecting land to the ocean: A retrospective analysis of nutrient flux pathways within the Peel-Harvey catchment-estuary system
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Janaine Coletti (PhD)
Ecological services provided by wetlands as a function of vegetation-hydrology co-evolution
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Ryan Kam Chuan Yang (MSc)
Controls on sediment phosphorus release
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Jardine MacDonald (Hons)
Water balance of the arid zone Nullagine catchment
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Sam Robinson (Hons)Nutrient partitioning along the land use gradient of rivers within the Leschenault catchment |
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Yu Li (PhD)
Unravelling microbial interactions in aquatic ecosystems: an improved model of microbial controls on nutrient processing
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Alice Gedaria (PhD)
Niche partitioning of microbial populations in the Swan-Canning estuary
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Mathias Norlem (MSc)(Visiting from Aalborg University, Denmark)Sediment-water oxygen and nutrient flux modelling of the Upper Swan estuary. |
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Vardit Makler-Pick (PhD)(Visiting from Technion University, Israel)A lake ecosystem model as a research tool for exploring fish impacts on food web dynamics |
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Zati Sharip (PhD) Ecosystem processes controlling macrophyte dominance in Lake Chini, Malaysia |