Dr Ian Turner
Ian is the Deputy Director (Research), of WRL and is responsible for the research direction and output. He is also a Senior Coastal Specialist in WRL’s coast and estuary investigations group.
Ian is trained in both the fields of coastal engineering and coastal geomorphology, with a PhD in Marine Science (Sydney Uni) and a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering Science (UNSW). Ian therefore brings to projects he is involved in a rather unique cross-disciplinary perspective.
His current research interests include beach groundwater dynamics and sediment transport at the beach face, monitoring of coastal change and impacts of climate variability, coastal erosion control and coastal management, and coastal aquifer hydrogeology. In recognition of Ian’s leadership in the field of Coastal Engineering, since 2005 he has been an active member of the Engineers Australia ‘National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering’.
For further information of Ian’s research, teaching and list of recent publications please see: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/staff/ian_turner/
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