Sam Culley

Sam Culley

Grant-Funded Researcher (B)

School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


I have completed a PhD that focused on climate change impact assessments, as applied to water resource systems. As part of my research I have developed techniques to improve these assessments including:

  • Creating climate scenarios to investigate potential threats to water resource systems (foreSIGHT software)
  • Identifying the critical changes in climate that will degrade systems
  • Identifying operational changes to systems in response to changes in climate

This research has included the use of formal optimisation techniques, the specification of process driven and data driven models, and methods for decision making under deep uncertainty. Since completing my PhD I have had the opportunity to apply these climate change impact assessment tools to agricultural, water and energy systems.

For the past few years I have held a post-doctoral research position funded by the Future Fuels CRC. This research has focused on identifying the opportunities and barriers to the uptake of bioenergy projects in Australia. A webinar presenting an overview of this research is available here.

  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2011 - 2014 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Civil & Structural Engineering (Hons)

Research projects RP1.2-03, RP1.2-04 and RP1.2-06 in the Future Fuels CRC.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Co-Supervisor Assessing Renewable Energy’s Broader Sustainability Impacts. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Aditi Rao
    2023 Co-Supervisor Quantitative Framework to Enable the Sustainable Renewable Energy Transition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Jing Tian
  • Position: Grant-Funded Researcher (B)
  • Phone: 83131231
  • Email: sam.culley@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering North, floor N2
  • Org Unit: Environmental Engineering

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