Reilly Cox

Reilly Cox

PhD candidate
Water Research Laboratory
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reilly joined WRL as a PhD student in 2021 to research “Helping fish migrate over barriers with the Tube Fishway”.

This researchwill focus on the efficient operation of the fishway in lifting a range of endangeredAustralianfish species, while ensuringminimal injuries to the fish. Optimising theoperation with live fish will pavethe way for the deployment of the Tube Fishway to higher barriers such as major dams.

Reilly completed a dual bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental engineering at graduating with 1stclass honours. During his undergraduate program, he investigated microroughness effects on spillways.

Supervisors:Dr Stefan FelderandAdjunct Professor BillPeirson


Phone

(+61) 2 8071 9800