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List of Research Associates

The work of CASPI is made possible by a growing number of Research Associates with relevant expertise from across the University. CASPI Research Associates and their areas of research and academic roles are briefly summarised below.

Name Position Research Area Centre/School/Department Faculty
Ms Caroline Andrews PhD Candidate the impact of the environmental movement on climate change policy and politics in Western democracies School of Resource Management & Geography Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Robert Argent Senior Research Fellow environmental hydrology Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Engineering
Dr Stefan Arndt Senior Research Fellow ecosystem carbon dynamics, greenhouse gas fluxes in forest ecosystems, stress adaptation of plants School of Forest & Ecosystem Science Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Lu Aye Senior Lecturer see web page. energy efficiency, renewable energy Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Engineering
Dr Hans Baer Lecturer anthropology School of Philosophy, Anthropology, & Social Inquiry Arts
Prof Snow Barlow efficency of water use in agricultural systems, and impact of climate change on Ag. School of Agriculture & Food Systems Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Jon Barnett environmental security, environment and development, and climate change School of Resource Management & Geography Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Simon Batterbury environmental politics, adaptation to drought School of Resource Management & Geography Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Ruth Beilin A/Dean Catchment management, Landcare, rural women, landscape policy, risk management School of Resource Management & Geography Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Lauren Bennett Research Fellow Ecological restoration and soil processes in native ecosystems School of Forest & Ecosystem Science Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Lindsay Bevege Consultant Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Prof Ian Bishop Director environmental visualisation Centre for GIS & Modelling Engineering
Dr Grant Blashki Senior Research Fellow Climate Change and Health, Primary Mental Health Care Department of General Practice Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Prof Jim Bowler Professorial Fellow Palaeoclimatology - Analyses of climatic change on time scales of the past 30 million years School of Earth Sciences Science
Dr Michael Brear Senior Lecturer energy efficency, combustion processes Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Prof Mark Burgman Director model-based risk assessment for problems in conservation biology School of Botany Science
Dr Peter Christoff environmental politics, climate change policy School of Resource Management & Geography Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Justin Costelloe Research Fellow salinity, rivers, hydrology, geomatics Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Engineering
Dr Kithsiri Dassanayake Research Fellow On-farm irrigation water management, landscape water balance, salinity and soil rehabilitation School of Agriculture & Food Systems Melbourne School of Land and Environment
Dr Scott Drake Senior Lecturer the relationship between architecture and science, especially in relation to the human body and human sensory experience School of Architecture Architecture, Building and Planning
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