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Dr Mick Cheetham

Director - Geomorphologist

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admin@geomorphe.com.au

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0410 640 206

​​​Qualifications

  • PhD, Fluvial Geomorphology, SCU, Lismore, Australia

  • Grad. Cert. Research Management, SCU, Lismore, Australia

  • BSc (Hons) Geology, UOW, Wollongong, Australia

  • Certified Environmental Practitioner Geomorphology Specialist (CEnvP)

         (Cert No. 0667, G6004) 2014-Present: Waterway Assessment & Management,

         Geomorphology, and Sedimentology

 

Summary

Mick is a geomorphologist with 20 years’ experience coordinating research and consultancy projects for clients such as the QLD Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME), the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR). Mick has seven years’ experience in fluvial landscape process research, working on a variety of research projects funded by industry and the Australian Research Council.

 

Mick is a certified environmental practitioner (CEnvP Specialist Geomorphologist) and specialises in waterway assessment and management (with specialist expertise in geomorphology and sedimentology). He has produced numerous international publications and has managed large-scale research and consultancy projects reporting to lead investigators, industry partners and clients. Michael has a wealth of experience in a wide range of field assessment techniques; geomorphologic and sedimentologic data analysis and interpretation; waterway management techniques; and floodplain sedimentology and hydrology.

 

Mick has been engaged as part of multiple expert review teams assessing the environmental performance mine sites, mine closure plans, government grant applications for river rehabilitation and technical advice for major infrastructure projects. 

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​Specialist Area of Expertise

  • Waterway management for inland and coastal catchments

  • Geomorphic assessment of river channels and floodplains

  • Fluvial sedimentology and stratigraphy in river morphology and soil development

  • Landscape processes and landscape evolution

  • Stability assessments for riverine and coastal systems

  • Coastal geomorphology and Holocene landscape evolution

  • Erosion-control structure assessment

  • River diversion assessment​

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