Staff
The activities at the Water Research Laboratory are undertaken by a team of highly experienced professional and academic staff comprising engineers, scientists, trade people and other professionals who make use of physical hydraulic models, computer analysis, hydrodynamic modelling and field data collection. Detailed below is a brief description of all the staff at WRL.
Academics
- Assoc. Professor Bill Peirson
- Assoc. Professor Ian Turner
- Professor Ian Acworth
- Dr Martin Søgaard Andersen
- Dr Chris Blenkinsopp
- Dr Bruce Cathers
- Assoc. Professor Ron Cox
Project Engineers
- Grantley Smith
- Brett Miller
- Doug Anderson
- Matt Blacka
- James Carley
- Dr William Glamore
- Alexandra Badenhop
- Ian Coghlan
- Erica Davey
- Chris Drummond
- Dr Francois Flocard
- Nathan Guerry
- Alessio Mariani
- Priom Rahman
- Duncan Rayner
- Jamie Ruprecht
Consulting Specialists
Postdoctoral Fellows & Research Associates
- Dr Xavier Barthelemy
- Dr Richard Crane
- Dr Ander Guinea
- Dayna McGeeney
- Dr Gabriel Rau
- Dr Kristen Splinter
Postgraduate Students
- Rebecca Allan
- Mike Allis
- Melissa Bracs
- Landon Halloran
- Dan Howe
- Ed Kearney
- Andrew McCallum
- Steven Pells



