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Lee Baumgartner is an Executive Director at the Gulbali Research Institute and holds a Professor-level position. He specializes in freshwater fisheries sustainability, hydropower impacts, and ecohydrology. His research addresses the food-water-energy nexus, focusing on mitigating human impacts on riverine ecosystems. He holds a PhD in Applied Ecology from the University of Canberra and has served as Science Director at the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre and Research Leader at NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Research interests include fish passage engineering, irrigation sustainability, and biodiversity conservation. He chairs the International Conference on River Connectivity and serves on boards such as the Murray Cod Fishery Management Group. His work contributes to UN SDGs related to clean water, sustainable cities, and life below water.
- External roles: Member of Australian Society for Fish Biology, IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialists Group, and International Energy Agency Fish and Hydropower Annexe.
- Editorial board member for Marine & Freshwater Research.
Awards include the ABCD Award and ASPIRE Early Career Research Award. He has supervised 7 PhD/Master's projects and authored over 259 publications. Collaborations span global institutions, with recent work in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Laos.
Key projects include fishway design for the Mekong River, eDNA-based biodiversity assessments, and bushfire recovery initiatives in the Murray-Darling Basin. His lab focuses on innovative technologies to balance hydropower/irrigation needs with ecological preservation.
