International Consultants
Mr. Clive Lyle (Activity Team Leader)
Mr. Clive Lyle is an integrated river basin management and water resources management specialist with more than 30 years experience in these areas, both in Australia and internationally.
Dr. Justin Brookes (Algae Control and Disposal Technologies Expert)
Dr. Justin Brookes is the Associate Professor of University of Adelaide. Justin is algal monitoring specialist experienced in contingency planning for algal blooms in Torrens Lake in South Australia and development of an on-line monitoring system for reservoirs for risk management, linking reservoir data and treatment for improved management.
Dr. Michael Waters (Non Point Source Assessment Expert)
Dr. Michael Waters has 18 years experience in the above areas, in Australia, Asia and Africa with an increasing emphasis over the last 5 years on capacity building for water quality management as part of international development assistance activities with developing and transitional economies.
Dr. Michael Burch (Algae Control and Disposal Technologies Expert)
Dr. Michael Burch is currently Research Leader at the Australian Water Quality Centre, part of the South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water). Mike’s experience relevant to the current assignment includes algal management in reservoirs by chemical and physical techniques, particularly mixing and destratification and lake dynamics, modeling of fate and transport processes for contaminants in lakes and water bodies.
Dr. John Messenger (Wastewater Treatment Expert).
Dr John Messenger has 27 years of experience in the wastewater and water industries in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Chile. John is SKM’s Practice Leader for Wastewater Process Design, is a Sustainability Practitioner and is the Sector Leader for Water Engineering in SKM.
Dr. Jeff Taylor (Pollution and Nutrient Expert)
Dr. Taylor holds the position of Principal Environmental Geoscientist with Earth Systems, a company he co-founded in 1993. He has more than 25 years experience as an environmental and earth scientist, and has specialist knowledge in water quality and geochemistry.
Chinese Consultants
Prof. Lin Hai (Chinese Lake Eutrophication Expert)
Mr. Lin Hai is Professor of University of Science and Technology Beijing. His research areas include environmental engineering and mineral manufacture. His research projects were sponsored by national natural science foundation and other foundations, and published more than 70 scientific articles and books in environmental and mineral fields.
Prof. Qin Boqiang (Algal Bloom Expert)
Mr. Qin Boqiang is Professor and Deputy Director of Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS. His research areas include water resources and environment, and limnology environment. He has hosted many civil and international foundation research programs, and published more than 60 scientific articles in famous journals.
Project Administrative Team
Mr. Nigel Murphy (Project Director)
Mr. Nigel Murphy is a Director of Earth Systems and Earth Systems China. He has over 20 years of experience as an environmental and earth scientist. In addition to specialist technical skills in environmental science, Mr. Murphy has extensive experience in interdisciplinary environmental assessments and management for private sector, government, aid and development projects.
Mr. James Machin (Project Manager)
Mr. James Machin is Senior Environmental Scientist/ Manager, Aid and Development with Earth Systems. James has extensive experience working in a project management capacity and in technical roles with international donors including AusAID, World Bank, UNDP and the ADB.
Mr. Henry Wang (Project Technical Coordinator)
Mr. Henry Wang is experienced in water science and water body protection. He has conducted projects relating to water treatment and remediation, located in various regions of China. He has a wide knowledge of environmental monitoring and auditing. Mr. Wang assists the Project Director and Project Manager in conducting and managing this project.
Mr. Andres Buldu (Senior Environmental Engineer)
Mr. Andres Buldu has several years of experience managing development projects in Asia and central America, particularly in the water sector.
Mr. Samuel Liang (Project Assistant)
Mr. Samuel Liang works as project assistant and has experience in the water and wastewater treatment fields.
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