Wayne Meyer

Wayne Meyer

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology


Wayne is currently the Adjunct Professor of Natural Resource Science after 9 years at the University of Adelaide. He is the Director of the Landscape Futures Program that is part of the Environment Institute at the University.

Wayne is a product of rural South Australia, a graduate of the University of Adelaide, with research experience in Texas, USA and South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

His research career has included 27 years in CSIRO as an irrigation scientist, systems modeller and sustainable agriculture research manager. He was the founding CEO of the CRC for Irrigation Futures that supported 50 postgraduates contribute to the irrigation industry. He initiated and guided the Lower Murray Landscape Futures program and Envisioning Landscape Futures project that has assisted communities plan for changes in future climate and market conditions.

His current research builds on his experience in making science more influential in managing our soils, water and vegetation. His aim is to help people and communities find new ways to use land and water that is productive and conserves Australia’s natural plants and animals.

In recent years he acquired a small holding in the Murray mallee of SA and is in the process of revegetating it with endemic species amid rampant weeds and pest animals. He and Nancy are restoring the 1900 paddock limestone cottage on the property. Among other interests Wayne maintains a family interest in beekeeping, woodwork and fixing things, especially those with heritage value.

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

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2015 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Modelling effects of land-use and climate changes on catchment streamflow, sediment and nutrient loads by means of alternative and integrated models Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Hanh Hong Nguyen
    2014 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Hydrological impacts of community forests in the mid-hills catchments of Kavre district, Nepal Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Manoj Badu
    2013 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Assessing Current and Global-change Driven Behaviour of the Semi-arid Onkaparinga Catchment by Means of Spatially-explicit Simulations of Flow and Nutrient Loads Based on the Modelling Tool SWAT Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Manoj Kumar Shrestha
    2013 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Soil Respiration and Ecosystem Carbon Flux in Semi-Arid Woodlands: Effect of Season, Precipitation and Wildfire Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Qiaoqi Sun
    2012 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Getting Real: Real Options Analysis of Land Use Change in a World of Price, Yield and Climate Uncertainty Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Courtney Regan
    2011 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Plant waterlogging: Causes, responses, adaptations and crop models. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ruth Elizabeth Shaw

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