Land and Food Resources School of Resource Management & Geography

Geography Staff

Geographers joined the faculty of Land and Food from the Faculty of Arts in January 2008. They continue to teach undergraduate degrees in Environments, Arts, and Science; contribute to the Master of Environment (http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au) and offer research Masters supervision and PhDs in :  water management, hydrology, physical geography and geomorphology, environmental history, ecology, critical human geography, natural hazards and vulnerability, environment and development, environmental management and sustainability, international development studies, urban studies and planning.

Dr Jon Barnett - Development studies, global environmental politics, climate change and human security, Oceania.

Dr Doug Bardsley - An honorary fellow in biodiversity

Dr Marc Bellette - is a lecturer and works on biogeography

Dr Simon Connor - Equipment Coordinator - fellow in Palynology

Professor Neal Enright - Biogeography, plant ecology

Professor Ruth Fincher - urban and social geographer

Associate Professor Brian Finlayson - Environmental hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, karst geomorphology

Alena Glaister - research fellow in Aquatic ecology

Dr Christopher Gippel - honorary fellow in hydrology

Dr James Grove - honorary senior fellow in hydrology and geomorphology

Dr Rachel Hughes - Undergraduate Coordinator - Human and cultural geography

Dr Geoff Lacey - works on hydrology and ecology

Dr Fraser MacDonald - Cultural and historical geography

Dr Fiona Miller - political ecology, water management, social vulnerability and poverty

Dr Lisa Palmer - Lecturer in Environmental Studies - Natural and cultural resource management in Australia, the politics of heritage, tourism and conservation in Australia, settler states, south-east Asia.

Dr Paul Reich - Honorary Fellow in ecology

Dr Lauren Rickards - Honorary Fellow in human geography

Associate Professor Ian Rutherfurd - Fluvial geomorphology, water resources management, stream restoration

Dr Remy Sietchiping - Honorary Fellow in planning and GIS

Dr Wayne Stephenson - Postgraduate Coordinator - Coastal geomorphology, Quaternary coastal environments, coastal management

Dr Ian Thomas -- Palaeoecology, plant ecology, Quaternary research

Associate Professor Mark Wang - Honours coordinator - Urban geography, China and Asia development

Dr Chris Walsh - Research Fellow in water management

Dr Angus Webb - Aquatic ecology, ecological modelling

Professor Michael Webber - Economic Geography and development studies. Industrial restructuring and development, China, Australia, Canada.

Dr Steve Wealands - Research Fellow, land and water management

Associate Professor Ray Wyatt - Human geography and urban planning. Geocomputation, computer-aided policymaking.

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