Wiebke Ebeling

/ UWA Wave Energy Research Centre/
Wiebke Ebeling

Wiebke completed a PhD in neuroscience at The Australian National University in Canberra, studying colour vision in marsupials – and founding the Early Career Researcher initiative “Young Visionaries”. She decided for a career in science communication and had her first job as Outreach Officer with the Australian Ocean Data Network at the University of Tasmania in Hobart in 2010, promoting data sharing in the marine research community. Sunny Perth soon lured her with a position at Curtin University where she became the Education & Outreach Manager of the prestigious ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (2011-2017).

She now is the Centre Manager of the newly established UWA Wave Energy Research Centre and the first staff member to be based in the Centre’s designated headquarters in Albany.

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Andrew Maughan

/ Albany/
BSocScience (Geography), MSc (Hydrogeology)

BSocScience (Geography), MSc (Hydrogeology)

Institution

Department of Water, South Coast Region

Areas of Interest and Experience

Surface and groundwater hydrology and water quality across the South Coast region including streams, wetlands, estuaries and the limited freshwater aquifers which provide most of our public and private water supplies. Understanding impacts of water abstraction on social and environmental values and understanding the impact of land use, land management and climatic factors on water quantity and quality. Previously worked across Western Australia including surface-groundwater interactions and gauging cyclone event flood flows in the Pilbara and Jarrah forest hydrology and dryland salinity studies in the south west. Currently investigation potential for new and expanded groundwater resources for Albany and Esperance.

Catherine Spaggiari

/ Albany/

Dr Catherine Spaggiari, PhD in Geoscience from Monash University, Melbourne

Summary of research interests

Catherine is a geologist and Adjunct Research Fellow at UWA Albany working on linking basement geology and landscape evolution of southern WA with studies of biodiversity and Noongar traditional ecological knowledge and culture. She is interested in conservation of our natural environment and how to care for Country. She is currently employed as a Senior Research Scientist in Mineral Resources at CSIRO and is a volunteer committee member of the Denmark Environment Centre.

Louisa Dent

/ Albany/
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Email address:
Louisa.DENT@dmp.wa.gov.au

Summary of research interests

Louisa studied a Bachelor of Marine Science at the University of Western Australia majoring in Geology, Marine Biology and Marine and Coastal Planning and Management, then completed her honours year in geology. Louise gained a Masters of Geology in 2013 through the Geological Survey of Western Australia.

Her Masters research was based on geosequestration, the sub-surface storage of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse mitigation strategy. Louisa is currently working for the Geological Survey as a geologist pursuing further research based on the findings of her Masters work.

Steve May

/ Albany/
Steve May BSc (Biology)

Steve May BSc (Biology)

Summary of research interests

Steve works as a hydrographer for the Department of Water, South Coast Region.

He graduated from Murdoch University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science (Biological Science). After graduating Steve worked for the Department of Conservation and Land Management in the Pine Forestry group and in 2002 began volunteering for urban catchments groups in Perth. Steve spent the next six years working as a Natural Resource Management Officer in both urban and rural areas undertaking river restoration, nutrient management and community education.

In 2009 he began an internal Hydrographic traineeship with the Department of Water and currently manages a network of gauging stations between Northcliffe and Esperance and is the Data Manager for the South Coast Region.