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Research Biography
Professor Patrick Hesp was born in Hawera, in the Taranaki region, New Zealand. He completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees at Massey University in New Zealand, and his Ph.D. in coastal geomorphology at the University of Sydney in 1982. He was awarded a DSc from Massey University in 2013. He has held academic positions in NSW, Western Australia, Singapore, USA, and NZ, non-academic positions in the WA State Dept. of Agriculture, Geomarine P/L, and the Rottnest Island Authority, held visiting professorships and fellowships in South Africa, Namibia, Israel, Holland, China, Brazil, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, and France, and has worked on beaches and coastal and desert dunes all over the world. He is an expert on coastal dune geomorphology, and has published over 270 articles in his career to date.
Research Interests
- Aeolian geomorphology
- Coastal dune initiation, dynamics, geomorphology, ecology and management
- Desert dune geomorphology and dynamics
- Surfzone-beach-dune interactions
- Coastal dune archaeology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research Areas
- Environmental health
Supervisory Interests
- Coastal management
- Impacts of climate change on coastal environments
- Aeolian geomorphology
- Surfzone-beach-dune interactions
- Coastal plants and ecology
- Desert geomorphology
- Coastal archaeology
- Coastal environmental change
- Coastal geomorphology and management
- Coastal dune dynamics
- Beach-dune interactions
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Adverse impacts of off-road vehicles on coastal dune vegetation are widespread, substantial, and long-lasting: Evidence from a global meta-analysis of sandy beach-dune systems
Schlacher, T. A., Weston, M. A., Orchard, S., Kelaher, B. P., Maslo, B., Dugan, J. E., Hubbard, D. M., Costa, L., Bishop, M. J., Kostoglu, K. N., Gilby, B. L., Henderson, C. J., Amaro, T., Lucrezi, S., Crosby, C., Elliott, M., Emery, K. A., Lucia, F., Hesp, P. A. & Kirsty, H. & 8 others, , Jan 2025, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 312, 14 p., 109038.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Dynamics and sediment transport in a path-induced blowout in opposing wind conditions
René, C., Robin, N., Smyth, T. A. G., Hesp, P. A., Lamy, A., Raynal, O. & Heurtefeux, H., 25 May 2025, In: Science of The Total Environment. 978, 15 p., 179340.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolution of coastal transgressive aeolian sand sheets over 75 years (1948-2023) at Concheiros Barrier - Southern Brazilian coast
Watanabe, D. S. Z., Barboza-Pinzon, E. G., Hesp, P. A., Schossler, V. & Salgado, E. T., 1 Feb 2025, In: Geomorphology. 470, 15 p., 109520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimising Satellite-Derived Bathymetry Using Optical Imagery over the Adelaide Metropolitan Coast
Downes, J., Bruce, D., Miot da Silva, G. & Hesp, P. A., 1 Mar 2025, In: Remote Sensing. 17, 5, 32 p., 849.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sediment bypassing around a headland in a high-energy coastal environment
Uphues, C. F. K., da Silva, G. M., van Rooijen, A. & Hesp, P. A., Mar 2025, In: Marine Geology. 481, 19 p., 107491.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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