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Kelly Fisher investigating diurnal variability in water
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Advisory Board | Consultative Committee | Core Staff | Members

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides direction to the Centre, and is made up of representatives from regional government, Crown Research institutes, iwi, industry and non-profit organisations. For more information on Advisory Board members and who they represent, go here.

Consultative Committee

The Consultative Committee supports the Director and liaises with University Departments and outside organisations when needed. They set strategic directions for the Waterways Centre, implement Advisory Board advice and manage relationships with the two Universities. For more information on the Consultative Committee and current members, go here.

Core Staff

A core group of staff are employed directly by the Centre. They coordinate the teaching programmes and oversee water resource management teaching and research initiatives for the universities.

Waterways Centre Staff
Dr. Issie Barrett Lecturer
Professor James Brasington Director Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management
Dr Ed Challies Senior Lecturer
Dr Crile Doscher Senior Lecturer
Dr. Shelley MacDonell Senior Lecturer
Dr Leanne Morgan Senior Lecturer,
John Revell Waterways Lab Manager
Dr. Helen Warburton Senior Tutor
Suellen Knopick Administrator
Waterways Adjunct Staff
Kevin Brown, PhD Adjunct Professor, GEOKEM
Zeb Etheridge Senior Adjunct Fellow, Kōmanawa Solutions
Graeme Horrell Adjunct Fellow, Graeme Horrell Consultancy
Wes Kitlasten, PhD Adjunct Fellow, GNS
Clint Rissmann, PhD Senior Adjunct Fellow, Land & Water Science
Marc Tadaki, PhD Adjunct Fellow, Cawthron Institute
Jenny Webster-Brown, PhD Adjunct Professor, Our Land and Water National Science Challenge

Members

The Waterways Centre is made up of Lincoln University and University of Canterbury academic staff, with teaching and research interests in aspects of water resources and management. Water research students supervised by these academic staff are also included in the Waterways Centre's activities during their time at university.

University of Canterbury

Dr. Frances Charters Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Assoc. Prof Thomas Cochrane Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Prof. Tim Davies School of Earth and Environment
Dr. David Dempsey Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Dr. Tonny deVries Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Dr. Sally Gaw Environmental Science
Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Golovko Physical and Chemical Sciences
Prof. Peter Gostomski Chemical and Process Engineering
Dr. Deirdre Hart School of Earth and Environment
Dr. Travis Horton School of Earth and Environment
Dr. Matthew Hughes Civil and Natural Resource Engineering
Dr. Simone Larcher Civil and Natural Resource Engineering
Prof. Pedro Lee Civil and Natural Resource Engineering
Dr Elizabeth Macpherson School of Law
Prof. Angus McIntosh Biological Sciences
Dr Ricardo Bello Mendoza Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Prof. Mark Milke Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Aisling O'Sullivan Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Dr. Markus Pahlow Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
Dr. John Pirker Biological Sciences
Dr. Catherine Reid School of Earth and Environment
Dr Brett Robinson Environmental Science
Prof. David Schiel Biological Sciences
Matt Walters Biological Sciences
Dr. Helen Warburton Biological Sciences
Prof. Matthew Wilson Geospatial Research Institute
Dr .Thomas Wilson School of Earth and Environment
Dr. Peyman Zawar-Reza School of Earth and Environment

Lincoln University

Assoc. Prof Mick Abbott School of Landscape Architecture
Dr. Peter Almond Department of Soil & Physical Sciences
Prof. Tim Clough Department of Soil & Physical Sciences
Prof. Hong Di Department of Soil & Physical Sciences; & Centre for Soil & Environmental Quality
Prof. Nick Dickinson Department of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dr. Rosalind Dodd Department of Soil and Physical Sciences
Dr. Crile Doscher Department of Environmental Management
Prof. Ken Hughey Department of Environmental Management
Dr. Niklas Lehto Department of Soil & Physical Sciences
Assoc. Prof Gillian Lawson School of Landscape Architecture
Dr. Hirini Matunga Department of Environmental Management
Dr. Wendy McWilliam School of Landscape Architecture
Dr. Sylvia Nissen Department of Environmental Management
Dr. Shannon Page Department of Environmental Management
Dr. Hamish Rennie Department of Environmental Management
Dr. Lin Roberts Department of Environmental Management
Dr Chris Rosin Department of Tourism, Sport and Society
Assoc. Prof. Emma Stewart Department of Tourism, Sport and Society
Prof. Simon Swaffield School of Landscape Architecture