Emeritus Professor Barry Hart

Speciality areas

• Environmental chemistry
• Biogeochemical cycling of elements
• Stream ecology
• Real-time instrumentation
• Resource management

Qualifications

• Dip. App. Chem. (Bendigo, 1959)
• Dip. Chem. Eng. (Swinburne, 1963)
• B. Sc. (Hons) (first class, Melbourne Uni, 1969)
• Ph.D. (Chemistry) (Monash, 1972)

Relevant experience

• 10 years as Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biology
• 15 years as Director of the Water Studies Centre
• 25 years of teaching and research
• Supervised 27 successful postgraduate candidates, currently supervising 9 PhD and Masters candidates
• Member of many academic committees
• Member of the Australian Water Research Advisory Council (1985-1987)
• Member of the Victorian Government Latrobe Valley Wastewater Inquiry (1989-1990)
• Chairman of the RACI Environmental Chemistry Division (1989-1992)
• President of the International Association of Sediment-Water Science (1993-1996)
• Member of the Victorian EPA Scientific Advisory Committee (1992-present)
• Member of the Victorian Catchment and Land Protection Council (1994-present)

Awards

• Jolly Award (1972) from the Australian Society for Limnology
• Environment Medal from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1996)
• Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Editorial boards

• Advances in Environmental Science
• Aust. J. Ecotoxicology