Professor Robyn Watts conducts research on the ecology, management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. Her major interests include biodiversity, connectivity, flow-ecology relationships and river rehabilitation through altered flow management practices, especially through changing the operation of weirs and dams and delivery of environmental water. She has led multidisciplinary research teams and with colleagues has obtained over $12M funding of competitive research grants and consultancies from a range of different funding organizations including the Australian Research Council, National Water Commission, Land and Water Australia, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Commonwealth Environmental Water Office and state government and catchment management agencies. Her research has contributed to adaptive management and helped improve the management and restoration of regulated river systems.

• Ecology, restoration and management of river and floodplain environments
• Social-ecological systems
• Ecohydrology
• Adaptive environmental management

External Appointments & Memberships:

• Murray Lower-Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group (member)
• Edward/Kolety-Wakool Environmental Water Reference Group (member)
• Edward/Kolety-Wakool Operations Advisory Group (member)
• Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (member)
• International Society for River Science (member)

Editorial roles on journals:

• Guest Editor Environmental Management special issue ‘Adaptive management of environmental water’ published in 2018
• Guest Editor River Research and Applications special issue 'Human-river relationships in the 21st century' to be published in 2022

• BIO323 River and Floodplain Ecology
• BIO402 River Restoration and Protection
• GEO314 River Hydrology and Geomorphology

https://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/research/environmental-water/edwardkolety-wakool-mer