Professor Ian Turner

Professor Ian Turner

Director

PhD - Marine Science - University of Sydney
MEnvEngSci - Coastal Engineering - University of New South Wales
BSc (Hons 1, Univ Medal) - Marine Science - University of Sydney

 

Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor

Research interests:

  • innovative measurements & monitoring of local- to global-scale coastlines
  • forecasting coastal change and impacts of climate variability
  • short-range coastal erosion forecasting and early warning
Phone
0280719800
E-mail
ian.turner@unsw.edu.au
Location
Civil Engineering Building (H20) Level 3, Room CE302 Kensington Campus or Water Research Laboratory UNSW Northern Beaches Campus (Manly Vale)

  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia
  • Churchill Fellow
  • Nominee, 2016 NSW Premiers Prize for Excellence in Engineering, Information & Communication Technologies
  • Named in The Australian as Australia’s top researcher in Marine & Ocean Engineering (2020)
  • Visiting Professor, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University (current)
  • Chair, 37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) – Sydney 2022

•    Chair, 37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) – Sydney 2022
•    Engineers Australia National Committee Coastal & Ocean Engineering (NCCOE) - 2003-2017
•    Sydney & Regional Planning Panels, NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment
•    NSW Police Force Expert Referral Team (Oceans, Coasts & Rivers) 
•    Coastal and Estuary Grants State Assessment Panel, NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment
•    UNSW Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team, 2018 – 2020
•    Member, Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering
•    Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences (SIMS) Science Advisory Committee
•    School Executive and Management Committees, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering UNSW Sydney   
•    Leadership Team, UNSW Global Water Institute (GWI-UNSW)