Congratulations to PhD students

The next round of Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC PhD students have graduated and are sharing their research outcomes with the fire and emergency services sector.

Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC graduates

Rachel Quill
Rachel’s PhD explored spatial-statistical characterisation of wind fields in complex terrains for bushfire modelling applications. Her research examined data to conclude that statistical approaches can be linked to current physics-based wind modelling methodology. Rachel hopes that the application of these statistical analyses will be used to evaluate the spectrum of wind prediction models used for bushfire modeling over rugged landscapes. Rachel completed her PhD with the University of New South Wales and is available at https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-4426.

Graham Dwyer

Graham's PhD at the University of Melbourne examined how organisations understand and learn from bushfires. His thesis showed how sense-making and learning occurred during public inquiries that followed major bushfires, and how learning has continued in emergency management organisations. Graham's PhD is available at https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-2674.

Philip Stewart
Investigating the changing fire regimes in the Great Sandy Region of south east Queensland, Associate Student Philip Stewart's PhD at the University of Queensland investigated at the past, present and future challenges in the area. Philip investigated the linkages between fire regimes and how they impact the environment, vegetation and population dynamics. Philip’s research offers a variety of regime management controls which can be implemented in the future.

David Barton
David's PhD investigated the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires and examined the notions of loss, grief and attachment. David drew on his own personal experiences as a resident of fire-ravaged Marysville, as well as the experiences of the Marysville community. David began his PhD with the Bushire CRC and completed it as an Associate Student of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, based at RMIT University.

The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC congratulates all successful students on their achievements. To find out about previous graduates of the CRC's PhD program, click here.