BSc (Hons) PhD UNSW Ben Wilson is the former Head of the School of Environmental Sciences and School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences at CSU. Since completing his PhD in 1996 at the University of New South Wales on Acid Sulfate Soils in the Tweed Valley, he worked for the University of Adelaide and the Cooperative Research Centre for Soil and Land Management before arriving at Charles Sturt University in 1997. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and held the position of Sub Dean Learning and Teaching for the Faculty of Science and previously the Chair of the American Soil Quality Working Group. He is currently Associate Head of the School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences. Ben is Associate Professor of Landscape Processes and teaches physical geography to environmental science, education and agriculture students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. His main areas of focus are soil science, geoscience and climatology. Ben completed his PhD at the University of New South Wales on environmental impacts of acid sulfate soils in 1996. Since that time his research interests have broadened to include impacts of flooding on cities in Africa, wetland microbial dynamics, systems of farmer soil science knowledge, localisation metrics and collaboration in tertiary education.
Environmental Management and Conservation
Associate Professor Ben Wilson
Associate Head (Natural & Applied Sciences) / Associate Professor in Landscape Processes
Albury / Wodonga
Building 760 Room 231