Yarran Doherty

Yarran is a Project Engineer at the Water Research Laboratory. He completed a double degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW with a focus on water engineering including hydraulics and coastal engineering. As part of his studies, Yarran completed an Honours thesis developing a python-based shoreline extraction tool for remote monitoring of coastal erosion utilising satellite imagery. 

Yarran has diverse experience across a wide range of disciplines including coastal and maritime engineering, sediment transport, flood mitigation, hydraulic network modelling, environmental monitoring and geotechnical investigations. He has experience in field data collection and remote sensing with a strong background in data visualisation and automation to address complex environmental challenges.