Joseph Leach

BSc(Hons), PhD (Melb)

Lecturer 

Teaching

Satellite and airborne remote sensing, digital image processing, environmental assessment 

Biography

Dr Joseph Leach gained his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne in 1984 with a thesis on the geomorphology of the north polar region of Mars, completed as part of a guest investigation for NASA's Viking program. Since then he has worked as an intelligence officer with the RAAF, a research scientist with the CSIRO (Division of Geomechanics), and as head of the Remote Sensing Unit at the (now) University of Ballarat. In 1994 he took up his current position as lecturer in remote sensing in the Dept of Geomatics. His major research interest lies in developing techniques to better map the sea floor environment and to do this he has developed a semi-submersible imaging vessel, the Korrong. He is a Victorian Council member of the Australian Marine Science Association. 

Student Lecture Materials: Students can download Lecture Slides here.
The Marine Environmental Remote Sensing (MERS) page.
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