Research output per year
Research output per year
The University of Western Australia (M470), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
I did my BSc (Chem)/BE (Environmental, Hons.) at UWA [1998] before completing a PhD at MIT in Environmental Fluid Mechanics at MIT [2005]. I then worked at UWA, initially as a UWA Postdoctoral Fellow [2005-08], then as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer. In 2015, I moved to the University of Melbourne (School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering), before returning to UWA in 2018 to take up a position in the Oceans Graduate School. I was also a Visiting Associate Professor at MIT in 2014.
I serve as an Associate Editor for the journals Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Frontiers in Marine Science.
Research listings: Google Scholar, ORCiD, ResearcherID
My field of research is environmental fluid mechanics. My focus is on flow, turbulence, transport and biophysical coupling in critically-important ecosystems, such as seagrass meadows, coral reefs, kelp forests, island wakes and permeable sediments.
Current research projects include:
A framework describing the impact of living roughness on flow, turbulence and transport in environmental systems
Nature-based solutions for coastal protection
Predicting rates of ecosystem particle capture
Flow and mixing at the sediment-water interface
The aerodynamics of Australian vegetation communities
My research is funded by the Australian Research Council through the Discovery & Linkage programmes and by Industry funding from partners including the Water Corporation of Western Australia, Melbourne Water and Mars Australia.
Current large grants:
1. ARC Discovery, 2021-23, "A predictive framework for the flow control of environmental roughness”, DP210103131, Lead CI.
2. ARC Discovery, 2020-22, “Advancing predictions of ecosystem-based coastal flood defence”, DP200101545, Chief Investigator.
3. Water Corporation of Western Australia, 2020-21, “Improving drain water level maintenance strategies: Optimizing hydraulic performance, nutrient attenuation, macrophyte planting and amenity”, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities.
Undergraduate (UWA unless noted)
GENG1010 Introduction to Engineering (2021-)
ENSC3003 Fluid Mechanics (2019)
ENGR3002 Fluid Mechanics, University of Melbourne (2016-18)
ENSC3010 Hydraulics (2007-15)
ENSC3012 Data Collection & Analysis (2005-15)
1.060 Fluid Mechanics, MIT (2014)
Masters (UWA unless noted)
ENVE4403 Fluid Transport, Mixing & Dispersion (2020-21)
CVEN90051 Civil Hydraulics, University of Melbourne (2017-18)
- Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning [2020] (Citation: For embedding rigorous evaluation practices to the redesign and delivery of undergraduate fluid mechanics education at three universities.)
- University of Western Australia Award for Excellence in Teaching [2020]
- UWA Faculty of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences teaching awards for Individual Teaching Excellence [2019; 2010; 2008] and Excellence in Team Teaching [2008]
Degree management
2019-: Program chair, Master of Ocean Leadership, UWA
2015-18: Program chair, Master of Engineering (Environmental), UoM
2017-18: Program chair, Master of Environmental Engineering, UoM
Education leadership
2021-: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Board of Studies
2019-: Faculty/School of Engineering Education Committee, UWA
2020: University Teaching and Learning Committee, UWA
2015-18: Department of Infrastructure Engineering Education Committee, UoM
Laboratory management
2006-15, 2019-: Manager of Hydraulics Teaching Laboratory and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, School of Engineering, UWA (2006-2015, 2019-)
2016-18: Manager of Sexton Ecohydraulics Laboratory, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, UoM
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Other book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Van Rooijen, A. (Creator), Lowe, R. (Contributor), Rijnsdorp, D. (Contributor), Ghisalberti, M. (Contributor), Jacobsen, N. (Contributor) & McCall, R. (Contributor), The University of Western Australia, 4 Feb 2020
Dataset
Espinosa Gayosso, A. (Creator), Ghisalberti, M. (Supervisor), Ivey, G. (Supervisor) & Jones, N. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 23 Jan 2019
Dataset
Pomeroy, A. (Creator), Lowe, R. (Creator), Buckley, M. L. (Creator), Van Dongeren, A. R. (Creator), Ghisalberti, M. (Creator) & Bodde, W. (Creator), Zenodo, 19 Mar 2014
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.56989 , https://zenodo.org/record/56989#.WoOlq2f187w and 2 more links, http://www.eposters.net/poster/a-laboratory-study-of-sediment-transport-in-fringing-reef-environments-sediment-transport-induced, https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4539.1528 (show fewer)
Dataset
Pomeroy, A. (Creator), Ghisalberti, M. (Creator), Peterson, M. (Creator) & Etminan Farooji, V. (Creator), Zenodo, 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4281963, https://thehydro.us/
Dataset
Lowe, R., Ghisalberti, M., Hansen, J., Orszaghova, J., Morris, R., Allen, M. & Atkinson, A.
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Lowe, R., Ghisalberti, M., Nepf, H., van Dongeren, A. & McCall, R.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Lowe, R., Geldard, J., Draper, S., Cuttler, M. & Ghisalberti, M.
16/02/21 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
Branson, Paul (Recipient), Rayson, Matt (Recipient), Ghisalberti, Marco (Recipient) & Ivey, Gregory (Recipient), 2017
Prize
Marco Ghisalberti (Associate Editor)
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity
Marco Ghisalberti (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity
Nery Contti Neto (Speaker), Andrew Pomeroy (Speaker), Ryan Lowe (Speaker) & Marco Ghisalberti (Speaker)
Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
Marco Ghisalberti (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity
Marco Ghisalberti (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity