Mitchell Harley

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Scientia Senior Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Dr. Mitchell Harley is a Scientia Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW Sydney. Mitchell is an expert in coastal erosion and how it impacts coastlines worldwide. His research entails the use of advanced monitoring technologies to enhance understanding and prediction of coastline change. After completing his PhD at UNSW in 2009, Mitchell spent 5 years in Europe leading developments of Early Warning Systems to forecast coastal erosion risk. Upon returning to Australia in 2015, he now leads the historic Collaroy-Narrabeen coastal monitoring program – one of the longest-running beach monitoring programs worldwide. In 2017 Mitchell founded the CoastSnap citizen science beach monitoring program that is now established in 16 countries worldwide. Mitchell is presently State President (NSW) of the Australian Coastal Society, to advocate for coastal issues Australia-wide.

Research Interests:

  • Coastal erosion

  • Extreme storms

  • Coastal monitoring

  • Citizen science

Publications:

For a list of Mitch’s publications, visit his UNSW research publications page.