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Sarah Hagerty

PhD Candidate

Contact Details
Email: skhagerty@students.latrobe.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9479 5641
Fax: +61 3 9479 1272

Room 275A
Physical Sciences 4 Building

Environmental Geoscience
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Victoria 3086
Australia

Honours Thesis
Groundwater-surface water interactions in the Tullaroop catchment in central Victoria.

PhD Thesis
Groundwater resources and salinity associated with granites in the upper Wimmera, western Victoria.

Biographical Notes
Whilst studying at La Trobe I have also worked part-time at the Victorian EPA through the Industry Cadetship Program. I worked with the Environmental Statistician on an ongoing project to model E.coli variations in the Yarra River, using meteorological and water quality variables. I also worked at Earth Systems (an environmental consultancy) over the summer holiday 2005-2006, where I was involved in a water resource management project. I currently enjoy demonstrating in a range of subjects including geology, hydrogeology, water chemistry, GIS and remote sensing.

In 2005 I was lucky enough to attend the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Winter School at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre, just outside Sydney. I was able to observe the latest techniques available for the study of natural processes, including soil, groundwater, pollution and climate change. AINSE have since supported my honours research project, which allowed me to do radiocarbon dating on groundwater samples using facilities at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). AINSE are now supporting my PhD research through a Post-Graduate Research Award.

Last year I acted as the Conference Convenor for the Victorian Universities Earth and Environmental Sciences Conference (VUEESC). I am also a member of the Geological Society of Australia and a Student Representative on the International Association of Hydrogeologists Committee (Victoria Division).

When not studying or working, I enjoy music, dancing, eating out, camping and reading!

Publications
Hagerty, S.K. & Webb, J.A. (2008). Aquifer interactions and groundwater discharge into streams identified using 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios in the Upper Loddon catchment, central Victoria. Proceedings of the Water Down Under Conference, Adelaide, 14th-19th April 2008.

Hagerty, S.K., Fawcett, J. & Webb, J.A. (in process). The Mid-Tertiary upper Loddon "deep lead" palaeodrainage system in central Victoria is discontinuous due to contemporaneous faulting.