Nick Mulcahy

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PhD Candidate, School of BEES, UNSW Sydney

Nick is conducting his PhD part-time in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at UNSW Sydney under the supervision of Professor Rob Brander and Dr Amy Peden. Nick has a BSc and MSc from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and has previously worked as a private coastal consultant and with Surf Life Saving New Zealand and Surf Life Saving New South Wales. His PhD involves understanding environmental and social risk factors to inform the prevention of drowning and injury on New South Wales beaches.

 Research Interests:

·       Beach safety and drowning prevention

·       Lifeguard and lifesaving management

·       Coastal geomorphology

Recent Publications

Lawes, J.C., Uebelhoer, L., Koon, W., Strasiotto, L., Anne, F., Daw, S., Brander, R.W., Mulcahy, N., Peden, A.E. (2021). Understanding a population: a methodology for a population-based coastal safety survey. PLoS ONE, 16(8): e0256202 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256202