Person

Erskine, Wayne (1954 - 2017)

Born
21 August 1954
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
27 July 2017
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Occupation
Geomorphologist

Summary

Wayne Erskine was a geomorphologist whose research focused on rivers, including how they were affected by clearing, mining, rabbits and regulation. He held academic positions at the Universities of New South Wales and Newcastle, and as hydrologist for government organisations including in several capacities for the Office of the Supervising Scientist, Northern Territory. With colleagues he studied river systems in eastern Australia, including the Murray River. Erskine published prolifically and was renowned as an excellent teacher and supervisor of higher degree students.

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Chronology

1979
Education - BA (hons), University of New South Wales
1986 - 1998
Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer) in geomorphology, University of New South Wales
1987
Education - PhD, University of New South Wales
1998 - 2003
Career position - Research Hydrologist, New South Wales State Forests
2001
Award - Carl Sullivan International Membership Endowment, International Fisheries Section, American Fisheries Society
2004 - 2011
Career position - Professor, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
2011 - 2017
Career position - Program Leader and Principal Research Scientist, Hydrological, Geomorphic and Chemical Processes Group, Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist, Darwin

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