Dr Julia Mullarney
Senior Lecturer (Coastal)
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Cambridge, MSc Bristol, PhD ANU
Personal Website: https://juliamullarney.com
About Julia
I have previously conducted research in the USA, Canada, Australia and the UK, with topics ranging from laboratory analog experiments of the large-scale ocean overturning to much smaller scale coastal process studies. I am a big believer in the collection and analysis of field data to validate and improve theoretical and numerical models. When not working, I like to play outside, particularly on ice.
Research Interests
Physical oceanography, coastal ocean dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics. In particular: exploring mixing and turbulence processes in coastal environments based on field observations; use of laboratory experiments to elucidate fundamental physical processes that cannot be resolved in large-scale numerical models; vegetation dynamics.
Research Supervised
I am currently seeking graduate students to partake in exciting coastal research projects. Please contact me with any inquiries. I am particularly keen to hear from students with a strong mathematics, physics or engineering background.
PhD
- de Ruiter, Peter (in progress). Hydrodynamic controls on sedimentation with Tauranga Harbour.
- Norris, Ben (in progress). Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of flows within mangrove swamps in the Mekong Delta.
MSc (Research)
- Bredin-Grey, Holly (2016). Changes in flow and sediment trapping caused by bioturbating macrofauna (austrahelice crassa).
- Brunschwiler, Nadine (2015). Dispersal and mxing of stormwater run-off plumes in the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand.
Teaching Commitments
Recent Publications
Norris, B. K., Mullarney, J. C., Bryan, K. R., & Henderson, S. M. (2019). Turbulence within natural mangrove pneumatophore canopies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 2263-2288. doi:10.1029/2018JC014562
Staudt, F., Mullarney, J. C., Pilditch, C. A., & Huhn, K. (2019). Effects of grain-size distribution and shape on sediment bed stability, near-bed flow and bed microstructure. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44, 1100-1116. doi:10.1002/esp.4559
Montgomery, J. M., Bryan, K. R., Mullarney, J. C., & Horstman, E. M. (2019). Attenuation of storm surges by coastal mangroves. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2018GL081636
Mullarney, J. (2019). Reconciling multiple spatial and temporal scales: Hydrodynamics within mangrove forests. In FiNZ 2019: 7th NZ Fluid Mechanics Conference. Conference held at University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.