Hannah holds Bachelor of Science (Marine Science) (Honours I) from the University of Sydney and a PhD in Coastal Engineering from the University of Queensland. She is an Associate Professor of Coastal and Marine Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and is currently Head of Earth Sciences. ​Hannah has worked on coastlines in Australia and around the world. Her research investigates the beaches, estuaries, rivers, and reefs and examines how processes such as waves, tides, and currents change the shape of our coast over time. Hannah also works on improving predictions of extreme events and hazards such as tsunami. ​Hannah is a passionate science communicator, a Science and Technology Australia 2021-2022 Superstar of STEM, and is regularly featured in media in Australia and overseas. She is also a strong advocate for increasing diversity in STEM fields. For more information, visit Hannah's personal website.

Dr Chris Owers is a Lecturer in the discipline of Earth Sciences within the School of Environmental and Life Sciences. Chris is a Spatial Scientist, and a specialist in using remote sensing to generate critical information about environmental change. Dr Owers has broad interests using remote sensing in environmental applications including coastal science, biogeography, geomorphology, carbon storage, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. He has expertise in using a variety of remote sensing technologies including Earth Observation, airborne imagery, Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging), TLS (Terrestrial Laser Scanning), as well as state-of-the-art analytics such as machine learning, deep learning, time-series analysis, and 3D modelling. Chris is keen on understanding spatio-temporal dynamics of the natural world captured through remote sensing technologies.

Rosey is a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle under Hannah's supervision. Rosey's research involves investigating how swash zone dynamics vary between different beach types with the aim of better identifying beaches most at risk of experiencing extreme water levels. Rosey completed her Honours year investigating changes to tides in estuaries and the impacts of sea level rise at the University of Newcastle.

Kate is a PhD student at the University of Newcastle looking at the effects of salinity, water level and tide in estuarine wetlands on the endangered green and golden bell frog. After completing a science degree in Conservation and Biodiversity and honours in Environmental Science, she decided to move to Newcastle to begin a PhD. This move was sparked by her life time interest in amphibians as well as a keen curiosity in coastal wetlands and water toxicology. This project has enabled Kate to work closely with both the Conservation Science Research Group (CSRG) and the Coasts and Estuaries Research Group (CERG). 

Elise is a first year PhD student studying headland bypassing on the NSW coastline. Her work aims to better understand sediment transport and connectivity along our coastline and how climate change may impact these processes. Elise's prior research focus in her honours year was investigating the tsunami hazard posed by submarine landslides on the east Australian continental margin.

Chris McNamara is currently completing his BSc Honours project studying submarine landslides off the west coast of New Zealand under the supervision of Hannah Power and Kendall Mollison. Chris studied Physical Geography at the University of New England and Journalism at La Trobe University and hopes to combine these in future research investigating cascading natural hazards.

Mike is a coastal & marine geoscience lecturer and researcher at the University of Newcastle. His focus on coastal morphodynamics spans from long-term coastal evolution to threshold change during extreme events, with particular focus on coastal barrier-estuary systems and related landforms, including beaches, dunes, deltas and the shoreface-continental shelf. He employs field sampling, remote sensing, spatial data analysis and modelling to investigate the origins and evolution of coastal environments through geological (Quaternary) time, recent history and into the future. He integrates data and knowledge across timescales to observe changing coasts as sediment-sharing systems. Mike co-founded CoastSnap, a global citizen science beach monitoring project, and has a keen interest in community science to grow understanding of coastal dynamics and risk. Mike received his Ph.D, BSc. (Marine Science) (Hons. I) and Grad. Cert. Innovation & Enterprise from the University of Sydney. Mike's profile.

Dr Kendall Mollison completed her PhD in Earth Science in 2021 under Hannah's supervision. Kendall’s primary research focus has been understanding tsunami hazard to the south east Australian coastline. In particular, her PhD focussed on the hazard posed by submarine landslide generated tsunami as well as furthering understanding of submarine landslide properties and return intervals. Kendall is currently contributing to an externally funded project investigating the submarine landslide generated tsunami hazard on the west coast of New Zealand as a post-doctoral researcher. Kendall is also currently working part-time as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Newcastle.

Maddy is a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle under Hannah's supervision. Maddy’s research investigates the relationship between tidal dynamics and entrance geometries of estuaries with a particular focus on riverine type estuaries. This work aims to contribute to our understanding of estuary morphodynamics under increasing sea levels. Prior to commencing her PhD at the University of Newcastle Maddy worked as a consultant for 3 years, specialising in hydrodynamic modelling of inland and coastal environments. Maddy is co-supervised by Annette Burke.

Karen’s research investigates sea level threats at the local scale using joint probability statistical techniques to examine observational data from global tide gauge records. Sea level rise is driven by global scale processes but its effects are highly localised. Quantifying local factors is fundamental for identifying the changing exposure of different locations to coastal hazards like high tide flooding. Estuaries are complicated by complex and shallow topography and compound effects from river flows. Estuaries are also often highly modified and populated environments coexisting with exceptionally valuable biodiversity. Karen has worked with local community, business, and government stakeholders to address a critical gap in sea level observations, leading fieldwork to deploy temporary tide gauges in four Tasmanian estuaries. This research aims to help quantify the different local sea level processes contributing to the changing frequency of sea level exceedances at the coast and within estuaries. Based in Hobart at the University of Tasmania.

Ruby is currently completing her Honours project at the University of Newcastle studying Coastal Sediment Transport Pathways and Sedimentology of The Forster-Manning Region, New South Wales, Mid-North Coast, Australia. She is supervised by Mike and Hannah.