Luke Verstraten
Lecturer, Sustainability Research Centre
Areas of research & interest:
- Agriculture & food
- Batteries & storage
- Behaviour change
- Biodiversity & conservation
- Built environment
- Carbon offsets & markets
- Circular economy
- Climate change
- Economics & business
- Education
- Environment
- Hydrogen
- Sustainability
- Technology & innovation
- Transport
- Workforce & training
- Agriculture & environment
- Battery & energy storage
- Carbon & environmental markets
- Green investment
- Hydrogen & fuels
- Industry & business solutions
- Nature based solutions
- Technology solutions
- Transport
BIO
Dr Luke Verstraten has a Bachelor of Environmental Science, with a university commendation for academic achievement, first class honours in Science and a PhD in Civil Engineering. Luke has a passion for research that offers practical and relevant benefits to industry, society and the environment.
Since graduation, Luke has worked on a diverse range of local, national and international collaborative research projects. Research collaborators include the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Federal and Qld), The Indian Ocean Commission, Association of Hydraulic Services Consultants Australia, North Burnett Regional Council, Sunshine Coast Council, SPEL environmental, University of the Sunshine Coast, Griffith University, La Trobe University and the University of Queensland.
Research topics that Luke has worked on include, soil carbon sequestration with land use changes, hydraulics of drainage systems, uncertainties in current and future design rainfall values, water pollution removal using Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices and Wetlands, an education needs analysis for climate change adaptation in small island developing states, resources for native pollinators in agricultural and natural environments, and, propagation of rare/endangered native plants.
