ProfessorMatthew Wilson
Professor
School of Earth and Environment
TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy
Matt’s teaching is research-led and spans hydrology, geospatial data science, remote sensing and computational environmental modelling. Students apply advanced methods to real environmental problems, working with government, industry and Māori partners.
- Course coordinator, GEOG409 Coasts and Rivers: From Natural Processes to Urban Environments; also does accasional teach into other courses including GISC412 Spatial Data Science and supervises projects in GEOG309 and ENVR481.
- Teaching innovation: virtual reality and 360° video for teaching flood risk, public-facing science communication assessments, and students working directly with research flood models.
- Curriculum leadership: led development of the Professional Masters in Geospatial Science and Technology and was its programme director (2020–21). Contributed to the Major in Spatial Data Science in the new Bachelor of Data Science.
- Earlier leadership: founded the Department of Geography at the University of the West Indies, including its MPhil and PhD programmes.
- Supervision: six doctoral completions (five since 2024) and eleven Masters/MPhil completions.
TEACHING & SUPERVISION
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONScaling up Soil Moisture Sensing for Agricultural Water Management in Australia and New Zealand1 Mar 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONLong-Term Landscape Evolution Modelling of Infrastructure and Indigenous Landscapes30 Nov 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONWATER QUALITY IN RIVERS UNDER ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES - FROM PARAMETRIC ASSESSMENT TO CONTAMINANTS TRANSPORT MODELLING17 Jul 2023 - 30 Jul 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONBuilding future urban development scenarios into assessments of future flood risk1 Jun 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONImplications of uncertainty in flood hazard assessments for planning under climate change1 Jun 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONFault-rupture induced river avulsions: modelling flood hazard along active faults1 Jan 2023 - 22 Aug 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAdvancing methods of rapid flood risk scenario assessment using hybrid approaches of hydraulic modelling and machine learning1 Oct 2021 - 8 May 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAdvancing methods of uncertainty estimation in flood inundation modelling using machine learning approaches1 Apr 2021 - 9 Sep 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSystems management of flood mitigation infrastructure1 Jul 2020 - 24 Sep 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONA comparison of machine learning approaches to improve free topography for flood modelling1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONGeospatial analysis of landslides15 Mar 2017
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDetermining the flood effects of undocumented stopbanks in the Waimea floodplain1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCoastal modelling used as a tool in the analysis of nearshore processes and beach dynamics1 Jan 2016
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSoil natural capital and ecosystem services1 Jan 2016
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSustainable coastal ecosystem management1 Jan 2016
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONHydrobiogeochemical pollutant fate and transport in the Caroni River Basin and Wetlands1 Jan 2015
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONApplication of a Continuous Rainfall Model to the St. Joseph River Basin using the Hydrological Software HEC-HMS1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2015
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONInvestigation of the Optimal Design Frequency for Hydraulic Structures along the St. Joseph River1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2015
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAn assessment of coastal flood risk and possible mitigation measures along the coast of south-western Tobago1 Jan 2013 - 1 Jan 2015
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONModelling of flood risk in the Caroni catchment, Trinidad1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2014
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAmazon River and floodplain hydrodynamics1 Jan 2007 - 1 Jan 2010
