Coastal Erosion – webinar

David Kennedy gives an online talk on coastal erosion. David outlines the fundamentals of beach erosion, and presents some of the drone footage collected by volunteers in the VCMP. Access the webinar here.

Congratulations Dr Rhiannon Bezore

It is with pleasure that that we congratulate our newest PhD success – Dr Rhiannon Bezore – who’s final degree has just been signed off.       Rhiannon’s PhD is titled “The morphology and evolution of rock coasts over eustatic cycles in temperate, wave dominated environments”, with a highlight of her project being the…

Congratulations Dr Linda Lever

Linda Hanlon (nee Lever) graduated on Monday with a PhD in Geography from Melbourne University. Her thesis examined the abundance of symbiotic fungus (arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM))on the root rhizomes of an invasive and a native dune plant species.  Sea wheat grass (Thinopyrum junceiforme) is an invasive species on the coast of Victoria. Linda’s work involved experiments…

PhD opportunity in Marine/Coastal Sediments

The following PhD project is currently available with the Melbourne University coastal lab: Littoral and shallow marine sedimentology of a temperate high-energy shelf: It is broadly known that the Victorian coast, Australia is partitioned into a siliceous eastern zone and carbonaceous western zone in the intertidal zone. Less is however known of the composition of…

Congratulations to Dr Sarah McSweeney

Sarah McSweeney was the recipient of the 2018 John McKenzie ECR Award for her research: The impact of artificial entrance openings on estuary processes and biota. The award provides $20,000 of research funds. Sarah’s project aims to look at whether drainage of the estuary lagoon following artificial openings can be empirically predicted and whether opening at…

Coastal Monitoring Project wins Victoria Coastal Council Award

Deakin University (A/Professor Daniel Ierodiaconou) Melbourne University (A/Professor David Kennedy) and Parks Victoria (Dr Steffan Howe) received an award at the annual Victoria Coastal Council Awards Night. The Victorian Marine Park Habitat Mapping and Monitoring Project was a joint winner in the category of Partnerships in Research and Monitoring. The award recognises that the Monitoring…

Congratulations Associate Professor Mike Hilton

Associate Professor Mike Hilton has  been awarded a New Zealand honour and is now a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He has received the award for a lifetime service to conservation. He has made significant contributions to coastal management in New Zealand, especially in his area of expertise in sand dune restoration.…

Official launch: Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program

The launch of the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program was officially announced by the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP, and the Local member Paul Edbrooke MP. Associate Professor David Kennedy and Dr Dan Ierodiaconou were there to launch the program, which will use the latest drone technology as well…

Post doctoral positions available

These positions are now closed Research Fellow – Coastal Shoreline Modelling (The University of Melbourne) (2.5 years, full time, Salary: $69,148 – $93,830 p.a (Level A PhD entry level $87,415 p.a) plus 17% superannuation) The Research Fellow will conduct research on the embayment/coastal compartment-scale shoreline dynamics using numerical modelling for the prediction of sediment transport…

PhD opportunities in the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Project.

These PhD places are now closed. Along the shorelines of South-eastern Australia, there is concern that a lack of sediment supply, rising sea level and climate change will impact sediment circulation patterns, leading to the destabilization of nearshore-beach-dune systems through erosion, overwash, and backshore transgression. We aim to explore the fundamental interconnectedness that drives shoreline…