Jörg Imberger

Background

Imberger, Jörg was born on October 9, 1942 in Kapfenburg, Austria. Son of Rudolph and Ilse (Nummert) Imberger. arrived in Australia, 1950.

Education

Bachelor of Civil Engineering, U. Melbourne, Australia, 1963; MEngSc, U. Western Australia, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1970.

Career

Professor environmental engineering, U. Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, since 1978. Chair Center for Water Research, U. We. Australia, since 1993, host international advisory board, 1993, director Center for Environmental Fluid Dynamics.

Shimizu professor Stanford University, since 1992. Invited member liaison committee Western Australian ANSTO, since 1991. Science director BITEX 1993 Lake Biwa transport experiement, since 1991;principal investigator Lake Biwa Research Institute, Japan, 1993-1995, Valdivia Estuary, Chile, 1993-1995.

Science advisor Bakun HEP Environmental Assessment Project, Bakun Management, Sarawak, 1994. Appointed to United Nations High Level Advisory Board on Sustainable Development, 1995. Convenor, organizing chairman IUTAM Symposium on Physical Limnology.

Appointed member United Nations advisory board on sustainable development, 1995. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Jörg Imberger has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member science advisory board Earthwatch. Founding chairman Western Australian Estuarine Research Foundation, 1994. Member Academy Council U. Western Australia, 1994.

Taskforce member Swan-Canning River Cleanup Programme, 1995. Fellow Australian Academy Technology Sciences and Engineering, Institution Engineers Australia (Peter Nicol Russel Memorial medal 1995), Australian Academy Science, Order of Australia.

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married Barbara Sandermann, May 28, 1964. Children: Nicole, Rohn.

Father:

Rudolph Imberger

Mother:

Ilse (Nummert) Imberger

Spouse:

Barbara Sandermann

child:

Nicole Imberger

child:

Rohn Imberger