Emeritus Professor Barry Hart

Address: Water Studies Centre
Monash University
Wellington Road,
Clayton, Victoria, 3800,
Australia

Phone: (03) 9905 5532
Fax: (03) 9905 4196
Email: Barry.Hart@sci.monash.edu.au
Website: http://www.waterscience.com.au/

Professor Barry Hart was conferred with the title of Emeritus Professor on the 1st Feb 2006, to mark his distinguished service with Monash University. Prior to this Professor Hart was the Director of the Water Studies Centre and Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Monash University for many years. He has established an international reputation in the fields of aquatic chemistry (heavy metal and nutrient biogeochemistry), water quality management and ecological risk assessment. He has received several awards, including the Limnology Medal (1982) from the Australian Society for Limnology, and the Environmental Chemistry Medal (1996) and Applied Chemistry Medal (1998) from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. His work over many years in developing water quality guidelines for Australia is well recognised. This work commenced in 1974 with the production of the Compilation of Australian Water Quality Criteria. Then in 1982 he produced Australian Water Quality Criteria for Heavy Metals and in 1992 completed a new set of Australian Water Quality Guidelines for the Australian & New Zealand Environment & Conservation Council (ANZECC). He was also influential in the team that produced the recent (2000) Australian and New Zealand water quality guidelines. Professor Hart also has a high public profile as an educator and scientific researcher, who seeks to convert research knowledge into a form that can be used by resource management agencies and industry. He has an established track record for working successfully to bring tertiary institutions and industry & resource management agencies closer together. Professor Hart is currently a member of the Victorian Catchment Management Council, the key advisory body on resource management in Victoria, a Board member of the Victorian Environment Protection Authority, and a member of the Gippsland Lakes & Catchment Taskforce recently established by Sherryl Garbutt (Minister for Environment & Conservation), and Chair of the Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee.