Research Officer
Phone: +61 (0)2 612 54669
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: Janet.Stein@anu.edu.au

Janet has been undertaking and supporting research in the school since 1988. Her research focuses on methods of spatial analysis to support biodiversity conservation and improved natural resource planning and management. Major projects include the identification of Australia's remaining wild rivers and the development of the national 9-second DEM and nested catchment framework. Janet's PhD thesis, completed in 2006, developed and applied new methods of drainage analysis applicable to the distributary and uncoordinated drainage systems typical of much of Australia. It produced a continental landscape framework, including a new stream and catchment reference system and river environment classification that was used to assess the comprehensiveness and adequacy of the National Reserve System for the conservation of rivers and streams. The work is also now supporting the development of an ecohydrological regionalization of Australia and assisting river planning and management programs in several states and the Murray Darling Basin.