Full-time writer and freelance journalist. Adjunct professor in creative writing and literature at James Cook University.
Author of two textbooks and 6 novels, including The Abrupt Physics of Dying (2015), shortlisted for the CWA Creasy Prize, and The Forcing (2023), about a near-future affected by climate change. New non-fiction book, War for the Reef, out in 2024 with Affirm Press.
CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science from 2017-2023. Visiting Professor, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK. Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia. PhD in Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London. MSc Engineering Hydrology, Imperial College London. B.A.Sc Geological Engineering University of British Columbia, Canada.
Experience
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–presentAdjunct assistant professor, James Cook University
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2005–presentVisiting professor, Imperial College London
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2017–2023CEO, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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2013–2016Director, CSIRO
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2007–2013Global Director, Worley
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1996–2007Managing Director, Komex Environmental
Education
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2005Imperial College of Science and Technology, PhD Environmental Engineering
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1988Imperial College of Science and Technology, MSc Engineering Hydrology
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1985University of British Columbia, BASc (Applied science)
Professional Memberships
- Institution of Engineers Australia
- Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Perth, WA, Australia
- @Hardisty_Paul
- Article Feed
- Joined
