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Simpson, Stuart

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Analytical chemist and Water supply expert

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Stuart Simpson, a water quality expert and CSIRO Senior Research Scientist, was a key member of the CSIRO Sediment Quality Research group (1996-2006). The group's extensive research led to the publication of the Handbook for Sediment Quality Assessment, which was highly successful. His specific research interest lies in sediment quality assessment. Simpson became a Senior Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO Environment, and the Healthy Communities & Ecosystems group leader within the Industry Environments (IE) program.

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In 2006 Simpson (with Graham Batley, team leader, Jenny Stauber and colleagues) was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for research advancing the assessment and regulation of contaminants in aquatic sediments, involving revised assessment protocols, new toxicity tests, and improved frameworks, underpinning revised sediment quality guidelines and defensible management actions that are appropriately protective of Australia's benthic and aquatic ecosystems.

Chronology

1993
Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons 1) in chemistry, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996 -
Career position - Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
1996
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in analytical chemistry, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996 - 2006
Career position - Member, CSIRO Sediment Quality Research Group
c. 1997
Career event - Post-doctoral fellow at the CSIRO Centre for Advanced Analytical Chemistry
2000 - 2007
Career position - Developed the Sediment Quality Research Group, CSIRO
2006
Award - Land and Water Australia Eureka Prize for Water Research
2006
Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues)
2011 -
Career position - Editor, Envoronmental science and pollution research
2012 - 2016
Career position - Chair, Sediment Advisory Group (SEDAG), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
2016 -
Career position - Adjunct Professor, University of New South Wales
2017 - 2021
Career position - Member, Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) Working Group 42

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