Professor Albert Van Dijk

MSc, PhD (2002)
Professor Water Science and Management, Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU College of Science
T: 02 6125 2579

Areas of expertise

  • Environmental Monitoring 050206
  • Natural Resource Management 050209
  • Natural Hazards 370903
  • Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing 090905
  • Ecosystem Function 050102
  • Surface Processes 040607
  • Surfacewater Hydrology 040608
  • Hydrogeology 040603
  • Water Resources Engineering 090509

Biography

Albert Van Dijk established and leads the Centre for Water and Landscape Dynamics at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Professor Van Dijk received his undergraduate, Master's degree (1996) and PhD (2002) in Environmental Sciences from VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

He was with CSIRO Land and Water from 2003 to 2012, where he won awards for his leadership role in the Murray-Darling Sustainable Yields project, possibly the most ambitious water resources study ever undertaken, and subsequently, for leading development of the Australian Water Resources Assessment system, a model-data integration system now operational in the Bureau of Meteorology.

Professor Van Dijk has been with the Fenner School since 2012. During that time, he also chaired the Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group at Wageningen University, Netherlands (2021-2022) and the Australian Energy and Water Exchange Initiative (OzEWEX, 2009-2022).

Professor Van Dijk has authored more than 200 publications. His research often addresses the interaction between vegetation and the hydrological cycle and related processes, such as soil erosion, nutrient cycling, salinity, the surface energy balance, the carbon cycle, fire risk, biodiversity, ecological resilience, and crop growth.

He has a passion for practical, often spatial research applications, including the observation and forecasting of natural hazards, water resources, environmental condition and agricultural production. The theory and technology involved are drawn from environmental science and management, satellite remote sensing, IT, statistics and simulation modelling.

 

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