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Contact details +6449793617
Associate Professor Carol Stewart B.Sc. (Hons), PhD
Associate Professor
Doctoral Co-Supervisor School of Health SciencesMy background is in environmental chemistry and environmental science, and over the years I have worked in diverse areas including oceanography, ecotoxicology and contaminated site assessment and management. In the past 15 years, I have worked in the natural hazards and disasters research space and have been based at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research (Massey University/GNS Science) where my research interests include volcanic ash hazard assessment; environmental, agricultural and health impacts of volcanic ash and public and environmental health impacts of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Internationally, I am a Deputy Director of the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (www.ivhhn.org) and am a core member of the Volcanic Ash Impacts Working Group, a commission of IAVCEI. Within New Zealand, I am a member of the New Zealand Volcanic Science Advisory Panel and coordinator of the Health Impacts Subgroup of the NZVSAP. I served three years on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Volcanology, and was an invited speaker at the 15th World Congress on Environmental Health 2018. I am a current member of the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine Oceania Chapter.
I am particularly interested in developing the field of environmental health consequences of natural hazards and disasters within the School of Health Sciences. This year I have had the privilege of contributing to the MFAT-funded scientific response, led by GNS Science, to the ongoing eruptions of Ambae volcano, Vanuatu. In 2018 I visited the islands of Ambae, Maewo and Pentecost to carry out air and water quality monitoring to inform the decision-making of Vanuatu government agencies. In 2019, I obtained funding from the Multi-Agency Research Network (MARN), hosted by Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security Studies, to carry out a further study of the large-scale evaucations of Ambae Island in 2018. We made a field visit to Vanuatu in February 2020, and completed our report in late 2020. It is now published on Prevention Web, the platform of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
I am a disaster environmental health specialist. My research interests include environmental health consequences of natural hazards and disasters; volcanic hazard impacts; volcanic ash chemistry; environmental, agricultural and health impacts of volcanic eruptions; developing volcanic ash hazard assessment methods; vulnerability of water and wastewater infrastructure to natural hazards and disasters. Internationally, I am a Deputy Director of the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (www.ivhhn.org); a core member of the Volcanic Ash Impacts Working Group, a commission of IAVCEI, and a member of the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine Oceania Chapter.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64 4 801 5799 ext 63617
Location: 3C11, Block 3
Campus: Wellington Campus
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours - University of Canterbury (1985)
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of Canterbury (1990)
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Co-Supervisor, Massey University
Prizes and Awards
- Part of Massey University team that won the award for excellence in emergency management communications at the 2023 EMPA awards. - EMPA https://www.empa.org.au/ (2023)
- Joint Centre for Disaster Research won the 2019 Massey Team Research Medal - Massey University (2020)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
My research interests include environmental health consequences of natural hazards and disasters; volcanic hazard impacts; volcanic ash chemistry; environmental, agricultural and health impacts of volcanic eruptions; developing volcanic ash hazard assessment methods; vulnerability of water and wastewater infrastructure to natural hazards and disasters.
I also have a growing interest in the use of low-cost citizen science sensor technology and am in the process of setting up a network of low-cost air quality sensors with potential applications both in citizen science, and in rapid response to natural hazard events causing imapcts on air quality. I am affiliated with Crisis Lab, which is a new initiative within the Joint Centre for Disaster Research.
Thematics
Health and Well-being
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Analytical Chemistry (030100):
Chemical Science (030000):
Earth Sciences (040000):
Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (111705):
Environmental Sciences (050000):
Medical And Health Sciences (110000):
Natural Hazards (040604):
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience (040600):
Public Health and Health Services (111700):
Quality Assurance, Chemometrics, Traceability and Metrological Chemistry (030106)
Keywords
Environmental chemistry
Environmental health
Volcanic hazards
Water quality
Air quality
Water supply
Wastewater
Research Outputs
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Kim, N., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Rahubadde Kankanamge, R., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.Contributed to by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Kim, N., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Procter, J., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Irwin, M., Procter, J., Stewart, C., Zernack, A.
[Journal article]Authored by: Procter, J., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Procter, J., Stewart, C., Zernack, A.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Journal article]Authored by: Stewart, C.
Book
[Chapter]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Chapter]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Chapter]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Chapter]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Chapter]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Chapter]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
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[Chapter]Authored by: Stewart, C.
Report
[Technical Report]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Stewart, C.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Stewart, C.
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Conference
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Stewart, C.
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[Conference Paper]Authored by: Stewart, C.
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[Conference Paper]Authored by: Stewart, C.
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[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Johnston, D., Stewart, C.
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Stewart, C.
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[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Johnston, D., Kim, N., Stewart, C.
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Other
[Other]Authored by: Stewart, C.
Consultancy and Languages
Consultancy
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March 2018 - September 2018
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Technical expertise in environmental health assessment provided to assist Government of Vanuatu following Ambae eruptions -
January 2016-February 2016
- Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery
Contracted by GFDRR (a partnership of the World Bank and UN) to provide technical content on volcanic hazards for ThinkHazard!, a new web-based tool. -
March 2014 - June 2015
- Environmental Protection Authority, Victoria, Australia
Engaged to provide expert peer review services for environmental monitoring programme following coal mine fire. -
May 2003
- Tasman District Council
Contracted to provide expert witness services in support of a RMA prosecution
Languages
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French
Last used: 2018
Spoken ability: Needs work
Written ability: Needs work -
Spanish
Last used: 2019
Spoken ability: Needs work
Written ability: Needs work
Teaching and Supervision
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Co-supervisor | 1 | 2 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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Alfredo Jaramillo Velez
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Doctor of Philosophy
Using citizen science data as an approach to make low-cost and safe monitoring programmes in landslide zones: Cape Kidnappers and Taranaki North Cliffs case studies
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2024
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Richard Mowll
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Doctor of Philosophy
Infrastructure planning emergency levels of service for the Wellington region, Aotearoa New Zealand -
2021
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Hayley Squance
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Doctor of Philosophy
Enhancing Multiagency Collaboration in Animal Welfare Emergency Management
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