Dr Janelle Wilkes
Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Contact
| Email: | jwilkes2@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Natural Resources (W21) Room 102 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2025 (or +61 2 6773 2025 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2769 |
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) - UNE
- PhD (Environmental Engineering) - UNE
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education - UNE
Areas of Teaching
- ENVE352 Principles of Hydrology (Runoff and groundwater modules)
- RSNR402/502 Freshwaters: Ecology and Management
- NR331/531 Remote Sensing and Surveying (Surveying module)
- RSNR110 Sustaining Our Rural Environments (Climate module and unit coordinator)
- RSNR120 Sustainable Management and Monitoring of Agricultural and Marine Systems (Surveying module and practical coordinator)
Research interests
- Monitoring and management of salt movement from beef cattle feedlots
- Environmental impact of sewage treatment plants (biosolids and wastewater) to land
- Acid sulphate soil monitoring
- Information literacy
- First year teaching
Additional
• Member – Australian Society of Soil ScienceSpeciality Areas
- Agricultural by-product (waste) management
- Hydrology- surface, subsurface and ground water
Student Supervision
PhD and masters students- Goggins, J. (current) Acid sulphate soil
- White, N. (current) Changes in coastal wetland chemistry due to changes in drainage management
- Jenkins, R. (current) Develop methods for monitoring any impacts of longwall mining remotely
- Crosdale, T (current) The development of a framework for the assessment of indirect greenhouse gas emissions within the environmental impact assessment process in NSW
- Cooper, N. Impact of sewage treatment plant on water quality
- Clibborn, B. Feasibility of using sheep abattoir paunch to rehabilitate agricultural soil
- Lawrence, J. The environmental and economic implications of use of rainwater tanks in Sydney as an alternative to reticulated water supply
Publications
Gurney, L J and Wilkes, J 2008, Creating a library presence in online units, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 39 (1), 26-37.Goonrey, C., Hose, G., Page, D., Pelekani, C. and Wilkes, J. 2003, Allocation of Communally Owned Resources, paper presented at Water: the Australian Dilema, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Melbourne, November.
Wilkes, J., S. Lott and R. McLeod (1997). Draft Environmental Monitoring Protocols for Taking Crop, Soil, Surface Water and Spread Manure Samples. In Production and Environmental Monitoring, UNE Armidale. ISBN 1863894659.
Lott, S., J. Wilkes and S. Murray (1997). Practical Monitoring of Soil Water and Ground Water Quality. In Production and Environmental Monitoring, UNE Armidale ISBN 1863894659.
Lott, S., H. Fairweather, S. Murray, B. Clarke and J. Wilkes (1997). An Overview of Environmental Monitoring and Its Use in the Production System. In Production and Environmental Monitoring, UNE Armidale ISBN 1863894659.
Lott, S., G. Blair, K. Klepper, D. MacLeod, S. Murray and J. Wilkes (1997). Obtaining the Best Use of Our Organic Fertilisers. Production and Environmental Monitoring, UNE Armidale. ISBN 1863894659.
Fairweather, H., J. Wilkes and I. Gorlee (1997). Building Graphics to Aid in the Interpretation of Data. In Production and Environmental Monitoring, UNE Armidale. ISBN 1863894659.
Fairweather, H., J. Wilkes and I. Gorlee (1996). Building Graphics in the Interpretation of Data. In Production and Environmental Monitoring, UNE Armidale. ISBN 1863893954.
Wilkes, J. and I. Godwin (1995). Effects of Saponins on Gut Motility. In Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, UNE Armidale. ISBN 1 86389 261 3. ISSN