Stories Projects Publications
Current activities
Scott Nichol is a researcher in Theme D and Section Leader at Geoscience Australia for Marine and Antarctic Geoscience. In these roles, he provides science leadership within Project D1 - National Data Collation, Synthesis & Visualisation and Project D3 - Evaluating and monitoring the status of marine biodiversity assets on the continental shelf.
Background
Scott is a coastal geomorphologist and sedimentologist with 30 years experience in marine geoscience research. Research themes include stratigraphic reconstruction of modern coastal and shallow marine depositional systems, interaction of physical and biological processes, and the impacts of extreme events and human activity on sedimentation processes. He has maintained a strong emphasis on field-based empirical and interdisciplinary research, with published studies from projects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Ireland, Maldives and Antarctica.
Employment History:
2007 – present: Senior Geoscientist (Geomorphologist), Geoscience Australia.
1993 – 2007: Lecturer (1993-1999) and Senior Lecturer (2000-2007), School of Geography, Geology & Environmental Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
1991 – 1992: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Academic qualifications
PhD, University of Sydney (1991)
BA Hons, Australian National University (1985)
Membership of key national committees
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Environmental Science Specialist Committee (2008-2011)
17 November 2020
9 September 2020
22 January 2020
10 September 2019
1 April 2019
19 December 2018
23 November 2018
8 August 2018
25 June 2018
10 May 2018
7 May 2018
13 September 2017
9 March 2017
18 October 2016
23 August 2016
27 July 2016
5 May 2016
11 March 2015
17 October 2014
12 February 2013
18 September 2012
4 April 2012
