Staff profile

Scott Wilkinson researches and provides technical advice on the sources, land use drivers and management of river basin sediment and nutrient loads.

Recent research by Dr Wilkinson includes:
* Defining the importance of gully erosion in tropical rangelands draining to the Great Barrier Reef
* Evaluating the effectiveness of gully rehabilitation techniques in terms of vegetation and erosion control
* Assessing outcomes of grazing land management practices in terms of soil properties and erosion
* Modelling the sediment and nutrient exports to freshwater and coastal environments, including the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon and Westernport Bay.

Dr Wilkinson currently leads a project to guide the cost-effective design of gully and stream bank erosion control techniques, and to evaluate resultant reductions in sediment delivery to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. He designed the catchment sediment budget framework used to report the effectiveness of public investment in reducing pollutant loads to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, and was a contributing author to the Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Scientific Consensus Statements in 2008, 2013 and 2017. He convened the 8th International Symposium on Gully Erosion in 2019. Research collaborators include several universities and government agencies.