Ian A. Wright

Experience

• 2022–present
  Associate professor, Western Sydney University
• 2016–2022
  Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University
• 2010–2015
  Lecturer, Western Sydney University

Education

• 2006 
  University of Western Sydney, PhD in freshwater ecology
• 1995 
  Macquarie University, Master of Science (by research)

Publications

• 2022
  Legacy contamination of river sediments from four decades of coal mine effluent inhibits the ecological recovery of a polluted World Heritage Area river, Water, Air and Soil Pollution
• 2022
  Signatures of urbanization in Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS) of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Water
• 2021
  14-Month Water Quality Investigation of Coal Mine Discharge on Two Rivers in NSW, Australia: Implications for Environmental Regulation. , Water, Air and Soil Pollution
• 2020
  Geochemical signature of urbanisation in Blue Mountains Upland Swamps. , Science of the Total Environment
• 2020
  The regulation and impact of eight Australian coal mine waste-water discharges on downstream river water quality: a regional comparison of active versus closed mines, Water and Environment Journal
• 2020
  Potential water pollution from recycled concrete aggregate material, Marine and Freshwater Research
• 2019
  Subsidence fracturing of stream channel from longwall coal mining causing upwelling saline groundwater and metal-enriched contamination of surface waterway , Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
• 2018
  Increased water pollution after closure of Australia's longest operating underground coal mine: A 13-month study of mine drainage, water chemistry and river ecology. , Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
• 2018
  Impact of concrete of different fragment sizes on urban water chemistry: a case study using water from a high conservation-value waterway. , Urban Water Journal
• 2018
  Invasive weeds in urban riparian zones: the influence of catchment imperviousness and soil chemistry across an urbanization gradient., Urban Ecosystems
• 2018
  Are Odonata nymphs adversely affected by impaired water quality in urban streams? , Austral Ecology
• 2017
  Coal mine water pollution and ecological impairment of one of Australia's most 'protected' high conservation-value rivers, Water, Air and Soil Pollution
• 2016
  Impact of mining and industrial pollution on stream macroinvertebrates: importance of taxonomic resolution, water geochemistry and EPT indices for impact detection, Hydrobiologia
• 2016
  Water quality impact from the discharge of coal mine wastes to receiving streams: comparison of impacts from an active mine with a closed mine, Water, Air and Soil Pollution
• 2015
  Subsidence from an underground coal mine and mine wastewater discharge causing water pollution and degradation of aquatic ecosystems, Water, Air and Soil Pollution
• 2014
  A review of policy, legal, land use and social change in the management of urban water resources in Sydney, Australia : a brief reflection of challenges and lessons from the last 200 years, Land Use Policy
• 2011
  A new type of water pollution: concrete drainage infrastructure and contamination of urban waters., Marine and Freshwater Research
• 2011
  Environmental protection and management: a water pollution case study in the Blue Mountains, Land Use Policy
• 2010
  Impact of concrete and PVC pipes on urban water chemistry, Urban Water Journal
• 2010
  Impact of urban development on aquatic macroinvertebrates in south eastern Australia, Aquatic Ecology
• 2010
  Wombats and domestic livestock as potential vectors of Cryptosporidium and Giardia , Australian Journal of Zoology
• 2009
  Comparison of sewage and coal-mine wastes on macroinvertebrates within a clean catchment, Water, Air and Soil Pollution

Professional Memberships

• Editorial Board of MDPI Journal ‘Water’
• Editorial Board Journal ‘Water, Air and Soil Pollution’

Research Areas

• Freshwater Ecology (060204)
• Environmental Sciences (05)
• Environmental Management (050205)