Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

Dr Dylan Cowley

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Marine Ecosystem Monitoring Lab
Earth Observation Research Centre

Researcher biography

I am primarily interested in the interaction between the ocean and the coast and how past changes in coastal form and process can inform predictions for the future. My goals involve investigating gaps in our knowledge regarding coastal geomorphology and nearshore to shelf processes, particularly in the tropics and subtropics. I have a specific focus on ocean wave climate analysis, numerical wave modelling, and coastal and shallow marine monitoring using both field and earth observation datasets.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working across the Marine Ecosystem Monitoring Lab and the Earth Observation Research Centre. I am also an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science.

Publications

Journal Articles (3)
Conference Paper (1)
Thesis (1)
Generic Document (1)
Newspaper Article (1)
Data Collection (1)

Journal Articles

Cowley, Dylan and Harris, Daniel L. (2023). Wave-driven sediment transport potential on a tropical coast: Implications for the northeastern Australian sediment budget. Marine Geology, 463 107104, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2023.107104
Cowley, D., Harris, D. L., Moss, P. T. and Shulmeister, J. (2022). Beach narrowing on prograding coasts: examples from the tropics to subtropics of eastern Australia. Geomorphology, 401 108110, 108110. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108110
Cowley, Dylan and Harris, Daniel L. (2020). A review of wave climate trends for the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, from 1976-2018. Journal of Coastal Research, 95 (sp1), 1401-1405. doi: 10.2112/SI95-270.1

Conference Paper

Cowley, Dylan and Harris, Daniel L. (2023). Tropical wave transformation through the Great Barrier Reef: Cairns, Australia. Australasian Coasts & Ports 2023, Twin Waters, QLD, Australia, 15-18 August 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Engineers Australia.

Thesis

Cowley, Dylan (2023). Coastal change in an uncertain future: historic geomorphic change in tropical northeastern Australia and implications for the next century. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/0d0c520

Generic Document

Hillock, Poh, Li, Wembo, Clunies-Ross, Kyle, Reay, Thomas, Flook, Marcus, Cowley, Dylan and Ponce Campuzano, Juan Carlos (2022). MATLAB Live Scripts: Calculus & Linear Algebra. MATLAB.

Newspaper Article

Harris, Daniel, Cowley, Dylan and Mao, Yongjing (2022, 05 02). Why some beaches, including in Queensland, are getting bigger despite rising sea levels The Conversation

Data Collection

Scott, Joel, Cowley, Dylan and Bell, Rianna (2022). SMMBAS Question Sets by Category. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ac0af91