Dr. Julio Salcedo-Castro is an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Science at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. He holds a PhD in physical oceanography from the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. His research focuses on land-ocean interactions, particularly estuaries and river-coast processes. He has led a river plume modelling project and currently works on coupling a catchment model to a coastal model to examine the influence of the Burdekin and Fitzroy Rivers on the Great Barrier Reef coast. Salcedo-Castro combines numerical modelling with remote sensing and observational data to study coastal processes across various scales. His primary interest lies in understanding how hydrological regimes impact coastal dynamics, including circulation patterns and sediment transport.

Throughout his career, Salcedo-Castro has held several academic positions, including Research Associate at UNSW Sydney's Faculty of Science in Canberra from 2020 to 2021, Lecturer in Geospatial Science at Queensland University of Technology's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from 2021 to 2023, and Lecturer in Physical Oceanography at the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies from 2023 onward. He is currently also a Principal Environmental Officer in the Marine Ecosystems Branch at the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. His publications include 'Assessment of model projections of climate-change induced extreme storms on the south-east coast of Australia' (2024, International Journal of Climatology), 'Modeling the interannual variability in Maipo and Rapel river plumes off central Chile' (2023, Ocean Science), 'Influence of Wave–Current Interaction on a Cyclone-Induced Storm Surge Event in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta: Part 1—Effects on Water Level' (2023, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering), 'Dissolved greenhouse gases and benthic microbial communities in coastal wetlands of the Chilean coast semiarid region' (2022, PLOS ONE), 'Climatology of Maipo and Rapel river plumes off Central Chile from numerical simulations' (2020, Regional Studies in Marine Science), and book chapters such as 'El Yali National Reserve: A System of Coastal Wetlands in the Southern Hemisphere Affected by Contemporary Climate Change and Tsunamis' (2017, Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation). His work contributes to advancements in coastal oceanography and climate impact assessments.