A satellite image of a cyclone.
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10 March 2025

The following experts are available to comment on the impact of cyclones and severe weather events such as Cyclone Alfred. 

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Dr Annie Lau 
School of the Environment (Faculty of Science)  
Email: [email protected]  
Expertise: Coastal geomorphology, analysis of past coastal hazards, extreme waves generated by storms and cyclones.   

Professor Hubert Chanson 
School of Civil Engineering 
Email: [email protected] 
Expertise: Floods and engineering, metrology, sewers and dams. 

Professor Mark Hickman
School of Civil Engineering
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Public transit planning and operations in major weather events.

Professor Simon Reid 
School of Public Health 
Email: [email protected] 
Expertise: Health risks with flood water. 

Professor Paula Jarzabkowski  
School of Business 
Email: [email protected]  
Expertise: Insurance protection gap after major weather events including cyclones and floods.  

Professor Shaun Bond
School of Business
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Real estate finance and financial economics, short-term and long-term impact of natural disasters on real estate markets.

Professor Brent Ritchie  
School of Business  
Email: [email protected] 
Expertise: Tourism, crises and disastersrisk attitudes and response strategies to effectively respond and recover from crises and disasters.   

Associate Professor Gabby Walters  
School of Business  
Email: [email protected]   
Expertise: Impact of natural disasters on the tourism industry, image and reputation management in tourism recovery after crises and disastrous events.  

Professor Vanessa Cobham  
School of Psychology   
Email: [email protected]  
Expertise: Helping children cope with the trauma of flooding, psychological interventions for children experiencing PTSD after exposure to a natural disaster.  

Associate Professor Renee Zahnow  
School of Social Science  
Email: [email protected] 
Expertise: Community resilience and recovery from natural disasters.

Professor Alicia Rambaldi
School of Economics
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Modelling of affordable and equitable adaptations to protect coastal settlements against storm surge inundation, real estate prices and markets in inundation prone suburbs.


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