PROFESSOR KARIN R BRYAN, FRSNZ, PhD UDalhouse, BSc (Hons) UToronto
I am a professor at the University of Auckland, cross-appointed in the School of the Environment and the Institute of Marine Sciences. I have recently taken up this position, after 22 years at the University of Waikato. RESEARCH INTERESTS I study controls on hydrodynamics and sediment movement in nearshore and estuarine environments and the role that these play in shaping coastal landscapes. Recently, I have focused on the role of climatic drivers and their interplay with complex morphologies that characterise New Zealand’s unique geologically-controlled coast. My research focus underpins sound management of flooding and erosion hazards, port development and the stability of coastal ecosytems. |