Deborah Gale

Dr. Deborah Gale is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia.

• PhD Thesis: Diatoms as indicators of ecological change in freshwater reservoirs of South East Queensland (2016)

Her research focuses on biogeochemical processes in reservoirs, including methane emissions, diatom community dynamics, and water quality impacts. She has pioneered studies on sub-tropical reservoir sediment dynamics and cyanobacterial removal techniques in water treatment.

Key article trends include:

• Greenhouse gas fluxes from freshwater systems
• Diatom-based environmental monitoring
• Advanced methods for odor compound removal (MIB/geosmin)
• Hydrological impacts of extreme rainfall
• Brine discharge optimization in desalination
• Sediment oxygen demand variability