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.

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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 - BSc Forestry (Hons), 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

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

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Rebecca Rigby

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