Rate My Professor Tom Baldock

With over 120 journal papers and more than 80 conference papers published in leading journals such as the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Proceedings of the Royal Society, Professor Baldock is the most published author in Coastal Engineering over the past decade. Key publications include 'A laboratory study of non-linear surface waves on water' (Baldock et al., 1996, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society), 'Long wave forcing by the breaking of random gravity waves on a beach' (Baldock and Huntley, 2002, Proceedings of the Royal Society), 'Long wave generation by the shoaling and breaking of transient wave groups on a beach' (Baldock, 2006, Proceedings of the Royal Society), and 'Overtopping of solitary waves and solitary bores on a plane beach' (Baldock et al., 2012, Proceedings of the Royal Society). He has supervised 18 PhD students to completion since 2007—three receiving Dean’s awards—and currently supervises six PhD candidates, with his students publishing over 60 journal papers. In 2017, he was awarded the UQ Award for Excellence in HDR Supervision. Professor Baldock contributes editorially as a member of the Coastal Engineering Editorial Board and the Engineers Australia National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, and he chaired the Organising Committee for Coasts and Ports 2017. He currently leads efforts in the National Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program addressing Great Barrier Reef challenges.