
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: annie.lau@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Coastal geomorphology, analysis of past coastal hazards, extreme waves generated by storms and cyclones.
Professor Hubert Chanson
School of Civil Engineering
Email: h.chanson@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Floods and engineering, metrology, sewers and dams.
Professor Mark Hickman
School of Civil Engineering
Email: m.hickman1@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Public transit planning and operations in major weather events.
Professor Simon Reid
School of Public Health
Email: simon.reid@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Health risks with flood water.
Professor Paula Jarzabkowski
School of Business
Email: p.jarzabkowski@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Insurance protection gap after major weather events including cyclones and floods.
Professor Shaun Bond
School of Business
Email: s.bond@business.uq.edu.au
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: b.ritchie@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Tourism, crises and disasters, risk attitudes and response strategies to effectively respond and recover from crises and disasters.
Associate Professor Gabby Walters
School of Business
Email: g.walters@uq.edu.au
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: vanessa@psy.uq.edu.au
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: r.zahnow@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Community resilience and recovery from natural disasters.
Professor Alicia Rambaldi
School of Economics
Email: a.rambaldi@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Modelling of affordable and equitable adaptations to protect coastal settlements against storm surge inundation, real estate prices and markets in inundation prone suburbs.