Person
Allison, Graham Bruce (1943 - )
- Born
- 21 May 1943
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Hydrologist (groundwater)
Summary
Graham Allison is internationally recognised for his contributions to groundwater hydrology, landscape and river salinisation, arid zone hydrology and isotope hydrology. He has published more than 100 research papers, book chapters and conference papers. In the mid-1980s he initiated studies on the possible progress of salinisation of the Murray Darling Basin (MDB). This work had a major impact of the management of the MDB. He was Chief of the CSIRO Division of Water Resources from 1988 to 1997. After CSIRO he has been a consultant to Land and Water Australia. He has been a Board member of the SA Water Corporation and Kangaroo Island Natural Resource Board.
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Key publications:
C J Barnes and G B Allison, Tracing of water movement in the unsaturated zone using stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen, Journal of Hydrology, 1988, 100, 143-176
G B Allison, G W Gee and S W Tyler, Vadose-zone techniques for estimating groundwater recharge in arid and semiarid regions, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 1994, 58, 6-14
G B Allison and M W Hughes, The use of natural tracers as indicators of soil-water movement in a temperate semi-arid region, Journal of Hydrology, 1983, 60, 157-173
Chronology
- 1964
- Award - David Murray Scholarship
- 1964
- Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons 1) in Chemistry, University of Adelaide
- 1968
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
- 1968
- Award - CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 1969
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oxford University
- 1970 - 1988
- Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Soils
- 1977
- Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada
- 1977
- Award - Nuffield Foundation, Royal Society Bursary
- 1984
- Award - French Scientific Fellowship
- 1984
- Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Paris South, France
- 1985
- Award - Weizmann Institute Grant
- 1988
- Career position - Visiting Professor, Flinders University
- 1988 - 1997
- Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Water Resources
- 1989
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 1989 - 1991
- Career position - Member of the Australian Water Research Advisory Council (AWRAC)
- 1990 - 1995
- Career position - Member of AWRAC Standing Committee
- 1997
- Career position - Founded Allison Partners Pty Ltd
- 2002
- Award - Peter Hughes Award of the Australian Water and Wastewater Association
- 2002 - 2012
- Career position - Board member South Australian Water Corporation
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Created: 7 May 2025, Last modified: 9 May 2025