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Dr Fabian Boesl

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Email: f.boesl@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4650-6149

Fabian is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Science working on the peatlands in the Walpole Wilderness Area.

Background

Fabian is specialized in sedimentology, geochemistry, and remote sensing. He is particularly interested in how landscapes and ecosystems respond to a changing climate and anthropogenic impact. His PhD at the University of Wollongong was on leaf wax biomarkers and how they end up in soil and sediment records. Fabian has worked in a wide range of sites and settings in Australasia with a focus on coasts, caves, and wetland ecosystems.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Lacustrine and organic sediment records
  • n-Alkanes and carbon isotopes in modern and past ecosystems
  • How the first people came into Sahul (continental mass of Australia and New Guinea)
  • Using drone and satellite data in applied science

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wollongong, 2023.
  • Master Degree in Geography, Germany, 2017.
  • Bachelor of Science, Germany, 2013.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Norman, K., Bradshaw, C., Saltré, F., Clarkson, C., Cohen, T., Hiscock, P., Jones, T., Boesl, F. (2024). Sea level rise drowned a vast habitable area of north-western Australia driving long-term cultural change. Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal, 324(TBD), article number 108418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108418.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Shipton, C., Cohen, T., Forbes, M., Boesl, F., Jacobs, Z., Dixon, R., Dixon, E., Kingston, S., Albert, C., O’connor, S. (2021). Diverse stone artefacts around Lake Woods, Central Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Archaeology, 87(2), 156-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2021.1932231.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Boesl, F., Engel, M., Eco, R., Galang, J., Gonzalo, L., Llanes, F., Quix, E., Brückner, H. (2020). Digital mapping of coastal boulders – high-resolution data acquisition to infer past and recent transport dynamics. Sedimentology, 67(3), 1393-1410. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12578.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Engel, M., Boesl, F., Brückner, H. (2018). Migration of barchan dunes in qatar–controls of the shamal, teleconnections, sea-level changes and human impact. Geosciences, 8(7), article number 240. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8070240.

Research Projects

  • Implications of past and future climate change for wetland and forest ecosystems in Southwest Australia, Edith Cowan University, Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2025 (Stream 1), 2025 ‑ 2026, $38,915.

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