Dr. Andrew Sullivan

Dr Andrew Sullivan is the leader of the CSIRO Bushfire Behaviour and Risks team, which is internationally recognised as a leader in the field of bushfire behaviour prediction and firefighter safety science. Dr Sullivan has over 25 years’ experience in bushfire research during which he has made significant contributions to the development of operational systems for the determination of fire danger and the prediction of the behaviour and spread of fires in a range of vegetation types and burning conditions. Dr Sullivan developed the innovative capability of free-burning combustion dynamics, involving the conflation of combustion chemistry and physics, to generate new theoretical insights into bushfire behaviour for multiple purposes. He designed and built the CSIRO Pyrotron, a 25-m-long wind tunnel facility for the study of the combustion of bushfire fuel under safe and repeatable conditions. This infrastructure has been critical to a number of studies into fundamental fire behaviour and greenhouse gas emissions from bushfires and has attracted the attention of researchers nationally and internationally. Dr Sullivan has developed and led research activities of national importance including the reconstruction of the 2009 Kilmore East fire on Black Saturday (7 February 2009), and the investigation of the efficacy of very large air tankers for suppressing fires and automated fire detection systems in Australian conditions. He has initiated research projects involving collaborations with a broad range of research partners including universities and state agencies. Dr Sullivan has published three books, one book chapter and over 40 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals as well as numerous conference papers and client and technical reports. He has more than 900 citations and a ‘H’ index of 14 (ISI) and 1900 citations and a ‘H’ index of 21 (Google Scholar). He has delivered invited talks and keynote addresses to conferences in Australia, South Africa, France and Portugal.
Type
party
Access Privileges
Fenner School of Environment & Society
Title
Dr.
Given Name
Andrew
Surname
Sullivan
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-8724
Brief Description
Dr Andrew Sullivan is the leader of the CSIRO Bushfire Behaviour and Risks team, which is internationally recognised as a leader in the field of bushfire behaviour prediction and firefighter safety science. Dr Sullivan has over 25 years’ experience in bushfire research during which he has made significant contributions to the development of operational systems for the determination of fire danger and the prediction of the behaviour and spread of fires in a range of vegetation types and burning conditions.
Full Description
Dr Andrew Sullivan is the leader of the CSIRO Bushfire Behaviour and Risks team, which is internationally recognised as a leader in the field of bushfire behaviour prediction and firefighter safety science. Dr Sullivan has over 25 years’ experience in bushfire research during which he has made significant contributions to the development of operational systems for the determination of fire danger and the prediction of the behaviour and spread of fires in a range of vegetation types and burning conditions. Dr Sullivan developed the innovative capability of free-burning combustion dynamics, involving the conflation of combustion chemistry and physics, to generate new theoretical insights into bushfire behaviour for multiple purposes. He designed and built the CSIRO Pyrotron, a 25-m-long wind tunnel facility for the study of the combustion of bushfire fuel under safe and repeatable conditions. This infrastructure has been critical to a number of studies into fundamental fire behaviour and greenhouse gas emissions from bushfires and has attracted the attention of researchers nationally and internationally. Dr Sullivan has developed and led research activities of national importance including the reconstruction of the 2009 Kilmore East fire on Black Saturday (7 February 2009), and the investigation of the efficacy of very large air tankers for suppressing fires and automated fire detection systems in Australian conditions. He has initiated research projects involving collaborations with a broad range of research partners including universities and state agencies. Dr Sullivan has published three books, one book chapter and over 40 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals as well as numerous conference papers and client and technical reports. He has more than 900 citations and a ‘H’ index of 14 (ISI) and 1900 citations and a ‘H’ index of 21 (Google Scholar). He has delivered invited talks and keynote addresses to conferences in Australia, South Africa, France and Portugal.
Email Address
Andrew.Sullivan@csiro.au
Fields of Research
3108 - Plant biology; 370903 - Natural hazards; 401304 - Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
Related items