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Tropical Cyclone Alfred - UQ experts available

10 March 2025

A meteorological image taken from space of a cyclone. — (Photo credit: Adobe. )

The following experts are available to comment on the impact of cyclones and severe weather events such as Cyclone Alfred.

Journalists can also search by topic or name at UQ Experts.

Dr Annie Lau
School of the Environment (Faculty of Science)
Email: annie.lau@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Coastal geomorphology, analysis of past coastal hazards, extreme waves generated by storms and cyclones.

Professor Hubert Chanson
School of Civil Engineering
Email: h.chanson@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Floods and engineering, metrology, sewers and dams.

Professor Mark Hickman
School of Civil Engineering
Email: m.hickman1@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Public transit planning and operations in major weather events.

Professor Simon Reid
School of Public Health
Email: simon.reid@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Health risks with flood water.

Professor Paula Jarzabkowski
Business School
Email: p.jarzabkowski@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Insurance protection gap after major weather events including cyclones and floods.

Professor Shaun Bond
Business School
Email: s.bond@business.uq.edu.au
Expertise: Real estate finance and financial economics, short-term and long-term impact of natural disasters on real estate markets.

Professor Brent Ritchie
Business School
Email: b.ritchie@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Tourism, crises and disasters, risk attitudes and response strategies to effectively respond and recover from crises and disasters.

Associate Professor Gabby Walters
Business School
Email: g.walters@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Impact of natural disasters on the tourism industry, image and reputation management in tourism recovery after crises and disastrous events.

Professor Vanessa Cobham
School of Psychology
Email: vanessa@psy.uq.edu.au
Expertise: Helping children cope with the trauma of flooding, psychological interventions for children experiencing PTSD after exposure to a natural disaster.

Associate Professor Renee Zahnow
School of Social Science
Email: r.zahnow@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Community resilience and recovery from natural disasters.

Professor Alicia Rambaldi
School of Economics
Email: a.rambaldi@uq.edu.au
Expertise: Modelling of affordable and equitable adaptations to protect coastal settlements against storm surge inundation, real estate prices and markets in inundation prone suburbs.