Joan Esterle

Biography

Professor Joan Esterle is the Chair of the Vale-UQ Coal Geoscience Program. Her research interests are varied but focussed on how geological history impacts on coal measures behaviour during mining, processing and utilisation. She also develops 3D models for the distribution of sedimentary strata that can be used to predict geohazards in coal mines or reservoir behaviour in conventional and non conventional gas resources, and for geosequestration. In addition to working with Vale and other industry partners, she conducts multi-client studies through the Australian Coal Research Program (ACARP), The Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research (ANLECRD), and the UQ Centre for Coal Seam Gas (CCSG). She received her PhD from The University of Kentucky, USA, in 1990. She worked for 17 years with CSIRO, followed by GeoGAS-Runge Group before joining the UQ full time in 2010. Current projects include: CCSG Surat Geological Framework and Faults and Fractures ACARP Rangal Supermodel-Bowen Basin and Cenozoic Fault Reactivation ANLEC Outcrop Analogue Modelling for CO2 Sequestration

Research Interest

• Aerosol and Bio-aerosol exposures • Biological Monitoring • Construction Safety and Health • Diesel Exhaust • Dioxin and other organohalogens • Ergonomics and human factors • Exposure Assessment