Dr David Summers is a geographer and spatial scientist specialising in environmental accounting, integrated modelling and airborne and satellite earth observation. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at UniSA Business and a member of the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion.
David completed his PhD in environmental science at the University of Adelaide in 2009. From 2010 to 2014 he was a post-doctoral fellow at CSIRO Ecosystem Services where his work included modelling natural and agricultural systems and integrated landscape modelling for decision making. From 2014 to 2017 David was a research fellow in the Water and Landscape Dynamics Group in the Fenner School of Environment and Society. There he worked to incorporate... Read more
About me
Dr David Summers is a geographer and spatial scientist specialising in environmental accounting, integrated modelling and airborne and satellite earth observation. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at UniSA Business and a member of the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion.
David completed his PhD in environmental science at the University of Adelaide in 2009. From 2010 to 2014 he was a post-doctoral fellow at CSIRO Ecosystem Services where his work included modelling natural and agricultural systems and integrated landscape modelling for decision making. From 2014 to 2017 David was a research fellow in the Water and Landscape Dynamics Group in the Fenner School of Environment and Society. There he worked to incorporate satellite observations into environmental accounts and was part of the team that developed the Australia’s Environment Explorer.
In his current role David works with research partners in NSW to develop cost-effective and beneficial greenhouse gas abatement opportunities for the agricultural sector. This work involves biophysical and economic modelling of agricultural systems including ecosystem services such as carbon abatement, biodiversity conservation and land degradation.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
10
9
159
|
| 2020 |
Open access
18
16
3
|
| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
17
16
|
| 2015 |
34
33
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
Open access
3
3
|
| 2022 |
8
6
|
| 2022 |
6
6
|
| 2022 |
17
14
|
| 2021 |
33
29
|
| 2021 |
Open access
10
9
159
|
| 2020 |
Open access
18
16
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
29
27
|
| 2016 |
Open access
11
11
|
| 2015 |
17
16
|
| 2015 |
34
33
|
| 2014 |
68
61
20
|
| 2013 |
34
26
|
| 2012 |
Open access
68
63
|
| 2012 |
Open access
23
23
|
| 2012 |
43
40
|
| 2011 |
Open access
98
90
|
| 2011 |
6
5
|
| 2011 |
193
171
|
| 2010 |
Open access
53
44
|
| 2010 |
44
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Open access
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| 2013 |
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| 2009 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
Open access
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| 2013 |
Open access
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| 2013 |
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| 2012 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2010 |
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| 2010 |
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| China Agricultural University | CHINA |
| CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources | AUSTRALIA |
| Dunnottar Computer Logic | AUSTRALIA |
| Eyre Peninsula NRM Board | AUSTRALIA |
| FieldObs | AUSTRALIA |
| Flow on Business | AUSTRALIA |
| Goulburn Murray Water | AUSTRALIA |
| Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation | AUSTRALIA |
| GreenFusion | GERMANY |
| Mark Siebentritt & Associates | AUSTRALIA |
| North Carolina State University - Raleigh | UNITED STATES |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries | AUSTRALIA |
| Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment | AUSTRALIA |
| QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| Rural Solutions (Eyre Peninsula) | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Water | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Water Corporation | AUSTRALIA |
| Seed Consulting Services | AUSTRALIA |
| South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Alberta | CANADA |
| University of Montreal | CANADA |
| University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| URPS | AUSTRALIA |
| Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| Water Research Australia | AUSTRALIA |
