Professor Barry Hart AM
Areas of specialisation
- Water resource decision making
- Environmental flows
- Ecological risk assessment
- Natural resource management
- Water quality management
- Environmental chemistry
- Biogeochemical cycling of elements
Qualifications
- Dip.App.Chem. (Bendigo, 1959); Dip.Chem.Eng. (Swinburne, 1963); B.Sc. (Hons) (first class, Monash, 1969); Ph.D. (Chemistry) (Monash, 1972)
- Member of the Order of Australia (AM) June 2012
Present Positions
- Emeritus Professor, Monash University (personal chair, 1994; retired December 2003; contract with Monash (February 2004 - February 2009)
- Director, Water Science Pty Ltd (environmental consulting company)
- Non-Executive Director, Alluvium Consulting Australia Pty Ltd
Experience
- Director, Water Science Pty Ltd (2003 - Present)
- Director, Water Studies Centre, Monash University (30 years, 1976 - 2006)
- Head, Department of Chemistry & Biology (10 years, 1976 - 1986)
- Deputy Director/Director Research, CRC for Freshwater Ecology (9 years, 1993 - 2002)
- 33 years teaching and research
Appointments
- Member of 5 Boards including:
- Murray Darling Basin Authority (2009 - 2017)
- President and Board Chair, Greening Australia-Victoria (2008 - 2012)
- Member Board, Victorian Environment Protection Authority (2000 - 2006)
- 48 Committees (Chair of 25) - National and International
- 5 International Science Delegations
- 7 Editorial Boards
Publications
- Over 170 publications in refereed scientific literature
- 11 Books and Monographs
- 100 plus consultancies