Hart, Barry Thomas (1940 - )

Summary

Barry Hart established an international reputation in the fields of natural resources decision-making (water quality and catchment management, environmental flows, water policy), ecological risk assessment and environmental chemistry, and has published widely.

He is currently Director of environmental consulting company - Water Science Pty Ltd. Much of his professional life was as an academic and researcher at Caulfield Institute of Technology and Monash University, where he was Director of the Water Studies Centre and Deputy Director Research of the CRC for Freshwater Ecology. Upon his retirement in 1993, he was appointed an Emeritus Professor by Monash University.

Hart has chaired or been a member of many scientific inquiries, reviews or advisory committees and also active in a number of independent expert reviews. In addition, he has had leadership roles in research (Chair, Goyder Instirute for Water Research), resource management (Board member of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority) and consulting organisations (Chair, Alluvium Holdings and Alluvium Consulting).

For his research Hart has received several awards, including the Hilary Jolly Medal (1982) from the Australian Society for Limnology, the Environmental Chemistry Medal (1996) and Applied Chemistry Medal (1998) from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and the Centenary Medal for services to water quality management and environmental protection (2001). He became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2012.

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Chronology

1960

Education - Diploma in Applied Chemistry, Bendigo School of Mines

1961 - 1962

Career position - Research Chemist, Unilever Australia, Port Melbourne

1962

Education - Technical Teachers Certificate, Melbourne

1963

Career position - Teacher, Stawell Technical School, Victoria

1964 - 1968

Career position - Teacher, Clayton Technical School, Victoria

1968 - 1990

Career position - Lecturer (later Reader), Caulfield Institute of Technology (CIT) (later Chisholm Institute of Technology)

1969

Education - Bachelor of Science (hons), Monash University

1972

Education - PhD (Chemistry), Monash University

1976 - 1982

Career position - Head, Chemistry and Biology Department, Caulfield Institute of Technology

1976 - 1982

Career position - Director, Water Studies Centre, Caulfield Institute of Technology

1977 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1980 - 1983

Career position - Member, Research Advisory Committee, Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS)

1981 - 1990

Career event - Established Centre for Stream Ecology, Chisholm Institute of Technology

1982

Award - Hilary Jolly Medal, Australian Society for Limnology

1982 - 1986

Career position - Head, Chemistry and Biology Department, Chisholm Institute of Technology

1982 - 1990

Career position - Director, Water Studies Centre, Chisholm Institute of Technology

1985 - 1987

Career position - Member, Australian Water Resources Research Advisory Committee (AWRAC)

1990 - 2003

Career position - Director, Water Studies Centre, Caulfield Campus, Monash University

1993 - 2002

Career position - Deputy Director, CRC for Freshwater Ecology, Monash University

1994 - 2003

Career position - Professor of Environmental Chemistry (Personnel Chair), Monash University

1996

Award - Environmental Chemistry Medal, Analytical Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Society

1998

Award - Applied Chemistry Research and Innovation Award (Brian Bolto Medal), Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2001

Award - Centenary Medal for service to the conservation of rivers and to water quality, in particular the Gippsland Lakes

2001 - 2005

Career position - Member, Gippsland Lakes and Catchment Task Force

2001 - 2005

Career position - Chair, Alligator Rivers Region Technical Advisory Committee

2002 - 2003

Award - Senior Gledden Fellowship, University of Western Australia

2002 - 2003

Career position - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Victorian River Health Strategy

2003 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, Monash University

2003

Life event - Retired

2003 - 2006

Career position - Member of the Board, Environment Protection Authority, Victoria

2004 - 2009

Career position - Member, Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC)

2004 - 2009

Career position - Member, Porgera Environmental Advisory Committee (PEAK), Papua New Guinea

2005 - 2008

Career position - Chair, Science Advisory Panel, Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Partnership

2005 - 2011

Career position - Chair, Gippsland Lakes and Catchment Task Force

2005 - 2013

Career position - Chair, Technical Advisory Committee, Gippsland Water

2006 - 2009

Career position - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Victorian River Health Strategy

2006 - 2011

Career position - Chair, Yarra Coordinating Committee

2008 - 2013

Career position - Chair, Commonwealth Environmental Water Science Advisory Committee (EWSAC)

2008 - 2013

Career position - Chair, Greening Australia (Victoria)

2008 - 2013

Career position - Member of the Board, Greening Australia

2009 - 2013

Career position - Chair, Victorian Waterways Management Strategy

2009 - 2013

Career position - Chair, Waterways Advisory Committee, Melbourne Water

2009 - 2018

Career position - Board Member, Murray-Darling Basin Authority

2012

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to conservation and the environment, particularly in the areas of water quality, aquatic ecology and catchment management, and to education as an academic and researcher

2015 - 2020

Career position - Non-Executive Director, Alluvium Holdings Pty Ltd and Alluvium Consulting Australia Pty Ltd

2017 - 2018

Career position - Deputy Chair, Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracking in the Northern Territory

2020 - 2023

Career position - Chair, Goyder Institute for Water Research, Adelaide

2021 -

Career position - Director, EcoFutures Consulting Pty Ltd

2021 -

Career position - Member, Independent Advisory Group (IAG) for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder's Flow-MER2.0 project

2021 - 2024

Career position - Chairman of the Board, Alluvium Holdings Pty Ltd and Alluvium Consulting Australia Pty Ltd

2021 - 2025

Career position - Chair, Goulburn-Murray Trade Review Advisory Panel (SAP)

2025 -

Career position - Member, La Trobe Centre for Freshwater Ecology Advisory Committee

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Published resources

Books

• Hart, BarryT., Bond, Nick R., Byron, Neil, Pollino, C.A. and Stewardson, Michael J., The Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: its future management (London: Elsevier Publishing Co,, 2021), 367 pp, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818152-2.09991-5. Details

Edited Books

• Hart, Barry T. and Doolan, Jane eds, Decision making in water resources policy and management: the Australian experience (New York: Elsevier Publishing, 2017), 438 pp, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-810523-8.09993-6. Details

Journal Articles

• Hart, BarryT., 'The Australian Murray-Darling Basin plan: challenges in its implementation (part 2)', International journal of water resources development, 32 (6) (2016), 836-57, https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2015.1084494. Details
• Hart, BarryT., 'The Australian Murray-Darling Basin plan: challenges in its implementation (part 1)', International journal of water resources development, 32 (6) (2016), 819-34, https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2015.1083847. Details
• Hart, BarryT. [and others], 'A review of the salt sensitivity of Australia freshwater biota', Hydrobiologia, 210 (1991), 105-44. Details
• Hart, BarryT. and Hines, Tina, 'Geochemistry of Cu, Zn and Fe in the Tambo River, Australia, I: oxidation of Fe(II)-rich water entering the river', Marine and freshwater research, 59 (1) (2008), 72-9. Details
• Hart, BarryT., Francey, Matt and Chesterfield, Chris, 'Management of urban waterways in Melbourne, Australia, 1: current status', Australasian journal of water resources, 25 (2) (2021), 183-201, https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2021.1954281. Details
• Pollino, Carmel A., Woodberry, Owen, Nicholson, Ann, Korb, Kevin, and Hart, BarryT., 'Parameterisation and evaluation of a Bayesian network for use in an ecological risk assessment', Environmental modelling & software, 22 (8) (2006), 1140-52. Details