The following experts are available to comment on the impact of cyclones and severe weather events such as Cyclone Trevor.
Journalists can search by topic or name at UQ Experts or contact the following experts.
Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Expertise: wind engineering, measuring winds during severe tropical cyclones.
Phone: + 61 7 3365 4126, 0408 976 945
Email: matthew.mason@uq.edu.au
Professor Simon Bartlett
Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Expertise: disaster management of electricity systems. He was Powerlink Queensland’s emergency manager during the floods in south east Queensland in 2011.
Phone: 0411 600 584
Email: simon.bartlett@uq.edu.au
Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Expertise: storm surges, beach erosion caused by surges and coastal engineering for extreme events.
Phone: + 61 7 3365 3517, 0435 659 159
Email: dave.callaghan@uq.edu.au
Associate Professor Vanessa Cobham
Health and Behavioural Sciences
Expertise: child and youth disaster response, children and anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder
Phone: 0403 083 193
Email: vanessa.cobham@mater.uq.edu.au
Business, Economics and Law
Expertise: crises management for the tourism industry, brand image recovery
Phone: + 61 7 3346 0593, 0402 085 497
Email: g.walters@uq.edu.au
Business, Economics and Law
Expertise: tourism, crises and disasters, risk attitudes and response strategies to effectively respond and recover from crises and disasters.
Phone: + 61 7 3346 7308, 0413 938 115
Email: b.ritchie@uq.edu.au
Media: UQ Communications, communications@uq.edu.au, + 61 7 3365 1120.
