Dr Kate Holland: researching the ecohydrology of vegetation in water-limited environments

Dr Kate Holland’s research includes the hydrological processes that affect the management of floodplain and wetland ecosystems in water-limited environments.

• 28 September 2009 | Updated 14 October 2011

• Current activities
• Background
• Academic qualifications
• Achievements
• Professional activities

Current activities

Dr Kate Holland is an ecohydrologist who uses skills from the disciplines of plant ecophysiology and hydrology to understand the hydrological processes that affect the health of vegetation in water limited environments.

Research topics of special interest have included:

• tree ecophysiology in saline floodplain environments
• regional scale floodplain salinisation risk modelling
• vegetation water use
• tree water sources and inferred recharge mechanisms
• wetland hydrology and groundwater salinisation potential.

Background

Dr Holland started working with CSIRO in 2004 as a postdoctoral researcher, having worked in state government and for private consulting firms.

Dr Holland’s professional experience includes:

• field measurements of the effect of surface water and groundwater management on floodplain vegetation health

• field measurements of the effect of surface water management on wetland hydrology

• field measurements of tree water use and tree water sources in water limited environments

• modelling the risk of salinisation from groundwater discharge and potential benefits of flooding.

Academic qualifications

Dr Holland has been awarded a:

• Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Zoology from the University of Adelaide in 1996
• Doctor of Philosophy from the Flinders University of South Australia in 2003.

Achievements

Dr Holland is the author of six journal articles, 10 reports, one book chapter and 20 conference papers.

Professional activities

Dr Holland is a member of the Hydrological Society of South Australia.

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