Barbara Robson
Partner Investigator
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolBarbara Robson is an accomplished coastal biogeochemical modeller with over eight years of experience translating process studies into predictive models that link hydrodynamics, nutrient cycling, phytoplankton dynamics and satellite observations. She holds a PhD in Oceanography and combines academic appointments at James Cook University and UNSW with senior research leadership at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, demonstrating a rare blend of deep disciplinary expertise and cross-institutional collaboration. Her work spans rivers, estuaries and tropical coastal systems, with particular strength in modelling phytoplankton succession and harmful algal blooms to inform management decisions. An active journal associate editor and long-time contributor to environmental modelling, she is known for integrating field, remote sensing and modelling approaches to consolidate process understanding. Notably, she mentors multidisciplinary teams to ensure models both reflect ecological complexity and produce actionable predictions for catchment and coastal managers.
8 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Peter Cullen TrustB.Env.Sc. (Hons), Environmental Science, B.Env.Sc. (Hons), Environmental Science at Murdoch UniversityUNSW Sydney
Github Skills (7)
ems9
r9
vim-plugin7
c-libraries5
unidata5
netcdf5
data-extraction1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
open-AIMS/ereefs
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Useful functions to make accessing eReefs and other CSIRO-EMS output files easier in R.
Contributions:186 commits, 2 PRs, 147 pushes in 4 years 10 months
rpackageemshydrodynamic-modelingnetcdf4csiro
BarbaraRobson/diet-tracker
Jun 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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