Person
Myers, Brian John (1947 - )
- Born
- 1947
Toronto, Canada - Occupation
- Forest scientist
Summary
Brian John Myers is a forest scientist and ecophysiologist who has specialised in the physiology of moisture stress in trees and conducted research and development in the area of effluent re-use as plantation irrigation. While employed in the CSIRO Division of Forest and Forest Products he was instrumental in establishing the Wagga Wagga Effluent Plantation Project, 1991. In 1999 the project culminated in the publication of a national manual for effluent re-use: Sustainable effluent-irrigated plantations: an Australian guideline.
Myers retired from the CSIRO in 2003, after working there for almost 30 years.
Details
In 1999 Myers was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as leader of the Wagga Wagga Effluent Plantation Project Team, for the development of national guidelines for growing environmentally sustainable plantations irrigated with municipal effluent.
Chronology
- 1970
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)) Forestry, University of Toronto
- 1971 - 1975
- Career position - Researcher, Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau (Forest Research Institute)
- 1975 - 1987
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Forestr Research
- 1976
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), Australian National University
- 1988 - 1990
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Foresty and Porest Products (mark I)
- 1991 - 1995
- Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Foretry
- 1995 - 2003
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark II)
- 1996
- Award - Australian Banksia Environmental Award for Land Management
- 1997
- Award - Theo Charles-Jones Tree Award, Murray Darling Association
- 1999
- Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as team leader (with colleagues)
- 1999
- Career event - Publication of Sustainable Effluent-Irrigated Plantations: An Australian Guideline
- 2003
- Career event - Retired
- 2011 - 2016
- Career position - Vice-President, World Council, International Dendrology Society
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Myers, B. J., The application of colour aerial photography to forestry : a literature review (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1974), 20 pp. Details
- Myers, B. J., Sustainable effluent-irrigated plantations: an Australian guideline (Kingston, A.C.T.: Csiro Forestry and Forest Products, 1999), 286 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Myers, B J (1947-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514413. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Brian John Myers', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Myers-Brian-John. Details
See also
- Ward, Colin, The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence, CSIROpedia, CSIRO, 2023. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/chairmans-medal/. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 3 April 2012, Last modified: 12 March 2024