Bryan Boruff is an environmental geographer and Associate Professor in the Agriculture and Environment faculty at the University of Western Australia, serving as Head of the School of Agriculture and Environment. He earned a BA and MA from Florida Atlantic University and a PhD from the University of South Carolina. Boruff's academic career began with a postdoctoral research associate position at the University of South Carolina in 2005, followed by a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate role at the Pacific Disaster Center from 2006 to 2007. He joined the University of Western Australia as a Lecturer from 2007 to 2015, progressing to Associate Professor and Head of School.

Boruff's research focuses on applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing technologies to environmental hazards, including methodological development of risk and vulnerability assessment techniques. His interests encompass environmental management in agriculture, renewable energy production, population health, sustainable livelihoods, urban and regional planning, and spatially enabled eResearch tools. Notable publications include 'Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards' (2003, with S.L. Cutter), 'Erosion Hazard Vulnerability of US Coastal Counties' (2005, Journal of Coastal Research), 'Home Yard and Neighbourhood Physical Environment Latent Class Profiles and Preschooler’s Physical Activity Behaviour: Findings from the PLAYCE Study' (2026, Environment and Behavior), 'Automated property parcel classification using very high-resolution land cover imagery and multi-modal deep learning' (2025, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science), and 'An intercomparison of national and global land use and land cover products for Fiji' (2024, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation). He has led funded projects on microalgae biofuel site identification, neighborhood impacts on physical activity and health, concentrated solar power in the Wheatbelt, and socio-economic implications of environmental hazards. Boruff's affiliations include the UWA Oceans Institute and Institute of Agriculture, with research contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals such as climate action, sustainable cities, and clean energy.

Professional Email: bryan.boruff@uwa.edu.au