Interests

Research

• Long- term management of erosion on islands in Torres Strait
• Traditional knowledge systems and climate change in Torres Strait
• Coastal Management (particularly sand extraction, beach monitoring methodology, geomorphic assessments for infrastructure provision, climate change and natural hazard impacts, vessel wake impacts)
• Coastal processes (particularly hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics)
• Vessel -wake wave science

Experience

• 2014 to present - Associate Professor, CMES, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2014 - Visiting Scientist, Italian Institute of Marine Science (CNR-ISMAR) (Venice Italy)
• 2014 - Visiting Senior Researcher, Institute of Cybernetics (Tallinn, Estonia)
• 2003 to 2014 - Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2008 to 2009 - Visiting Senior Researcher, Institute of Cybernetics, Estonia (Marie Curie Actions, European Union) (Tallinn, Estonia)
• 1986 to 2003 - Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
• 2000 - Visiting Fellow, St Hugh's College, Oxford University (UK)
• 1985 to 1986 - Lecturer, Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education (Lismore, Australia)

Research Disciplines

• Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience (0406)
• Environmental Science and Management (0502)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Land and Water Management (9609)
• Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water (9611)
• Water Transport (8802)

Awards

• MA (Hons) Auck. (1982)
• PhD (James Cook) (1987)

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Journal Articles

• Nguyen T, Tong V, Quoi L and Parnell K (2016) Mangrove restoration: establishment of a mangrove nursery on acid sulphate soils. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 28 (3). pp. 275-284
• Nguyen T, Nguyen V, Le P and Parnell K (2016) Community perspectives on an internationally funded mangrove restoration project: Kien Giang province, Vietnam. Ocean & Coastal Management, 119. pp. 146-154
• Parnell K, Zaggia L, Soomere T, Lorenzetti G and Scarpa G (2016) Depression waves generated by large ships in the Venice Lagoon. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 75. pp. 907-911
• Parnell K, Soomere T, Zaggia L, Rodin A, Lorenzetti G, Rapaglia J and Scarpa G (2015) Ship-induced solitary Riemann waves of depression in Venice Lagoon. Physics Letters A, 379. pp. 555-559
• Rapaglia J, Zaggia L, Parnell K, Lorenzetti G and Vafeidis A (2015) Ship-wake induced sediment remobilization: effects and proposed management strategies for the Venice Lagoon. Ocean & Coastal Management, 110. pp. 1-11
• Rodin A, Soomere T, Parnell K and Zaggia L (2015) Numerical simulation of the propagation of ship-induced Riemann waves of depression into the Venice Lagoon. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 64 (1). pp. 22-35
• Didenkulova I, Pelinovsky E, Soomere T and Parnell K (2011) Beach profile change caused by vessel wakes and wind waves in Tallinn Bay, the Baltic Sea. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64. pp. 60-64
• Kurennoy D, Parnell K and Soomere T (2011) Fast-ferry generated waves in South-West Tallinn Bay. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64. pp. 165-169
• Soomere T, Parnell K and Didenkulova I (2011) Water transport in wake waves from high-speed vessels. Journal of Marine Systems, 88 (1). pp. 74-81
• Viikmäe B, Soomere T, Parnell K and Delpeche N (2011) Spatial planning of shipping and offshore activities in the Baltic Sea using Lagrangian trajectories. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64. pp. 956-960
• Didenkulova I, Parnell K, Soomere T, Pelinovsky E and Kurennoy D (2009) Shoaling and runup of long waves induced by high-speed ferries in Tallinn Bay. Journal of Coastal Research, 56 (1). pp. 491-495

Book Chapters

• Parnell K (2011) Fringing reef circulation. In: Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 427-430

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Completed

• Assessing the vulnerability of reef islands to climate change: a spatial-temporal sediment budget model approach (2015, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Managing Mangrove Dominated Muddy Coasts through Integration of Local and Scientific Knowledge in Kien Giang, Vietnam and Brebes, Indonesia (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)

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