Dr Terence Chan - Researcher Profile

Terence Chan

Address

Water Studies Centre
Building 19, Clayton

Biography

Terence works at the Monash Sustainability Institute and concurrently in the Faculty of Science at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Terence has degrees in both science and engineering, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Western Australia. He has worked on environmental research projects across Australia, the Pacific and Asia. His research interests include improving water resource management with interdisciplinary, integrated and catchment-based participatory processes; numerical modelling and Bayesian techniques; ecological risk assessment; environmental flows, and aquatic ecology.

Qualifications

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PHD
Institution: University of Western Australia
Year awarded: 2006
BACHELO OF ENGINEERING (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING)
Institution: University of Western Australia
Year awarded: 1996
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (GEOGRAPHY)
Institution: University of Western Australia
Year awarded: 1996

Publications

Journal Articles

Hoverman, S., Ross, H., Chan, T., Powell, B., 2011, Social learning through participatory integrated catchment risk assessment in the solomon islands, Ecology and Society [P], vol 16, issue 2, Resilience Alliance, Acadia University, Canada, pp. 1-22.

Chan, T., Hart, B., Kennard, M., Pusey, B., Shenton, W., Douglas, M., Valentine, E., Patel, S., 2010, Bayesian network models for environmental flow decision making in the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia, River Research And Applications [P], vol E, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, pp. 1-19.

Shenton, W., Hart, B., Chan, T., 2010, Bayesian network models for environmental flow decision-making: 1. Latrobe River Australia, River Research And Applications [P], vol 27, issue 3, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, pp. 283-296.

Chan, T., Ross, H., Hoverman, S., Powell, B., 2010, Participatory development of a bayesian network model for catchment-based water resource management, Water Resources Research [P], vol 46, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-12.

Robson, B.J., Hamilton, D.P., Webster, I.T., Chan, T., 2008, Ten steps applied to development and evaluation of process-based biogeochemical models of estuaries, Environmental Modelling and Software [P], vol 23, issue 4, Elsevier, United Kingdom, pp. 369-384.

Chan, T., Hamilton, D.P., Robson, B.J., Hodges, B.R., Dallimore, C.J., 2002, Impacts of hydrological changes on phytoplankton succession in the Swan River, Western Australia, Estuaries [P], vol 25, issue 6B, Estuarine Research Federation, USA, pp. 1406-1415.

Chan, T., Chan, T., Chan, T.L., Chan, T., Hamilton, D.G., Hamilton, D.I., Hamilton, D., Hamilton, D.A.C., Hamilton, D., Hamilton, D.P., 2001, Effect of freshwater flow on the succession and biomass of phytoplankton in a seasonal estuary, , vol 52, issue 6, pp. 869-884.

Hamilton, D.P., Chan, T., Robb, M.S., Pattiarachi, C.B., Herzfeld, M., 2001, The hydrology of the upper Swan River Estuary with focus on an artificial destratification trial, , vol 15, issue 13, pp. 2465-2480.

Conference Proceedings

Chan, T., McShane, P., Ross, H., 2011, Uncertainty about uncertainty within a stakeholder group, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 12 December 2011 to 16 December 2011, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, pp. 3840-3846.

Chan, T., Powell, B., Ross, H., Hoverman, S., 2008, Participatory approaches in developing a model to assist water resource management, Proceedings of the iEMSs fourth Biennial Meeting: International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, 7 July 2008 to 10 July 2008, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Manno Switzerland, pp. 850-857.

Chan, T., Ross, H., Powell, B., Hoverman, S., 2007, Development of an interdisciplinary Bayesian network tool for catchment management in the Solomon Islands, MODSIM International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Land, Water and Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability, 10 December 2007 to 13 December 2007, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Christchurch New Zealand, pp. 295-301.

Other

Chan, T., Langford, J., Mac Nally, R., Wallis, P.J., 2009, Prediction of the Impact of Increasing Frequency of Bushfire on the Water Resources of the Forested Upland Catchments of the Murray Basin: A scoping study of model options and linkages for a whole ecosystem model, Monash Sustainability Institute, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-56.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The proposed water quality protection planning for Thu Bon Vu Gia river system.
Supervisors:
Grace, M (Main), Chan, T (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Using GIS and other methods to understand and quantify the vulnerability of a megacity like Mumbai to floods.
Supervisors:
Chan, T (Joint), Rau, C (Joint-co).