Emeritus Professor Joan Esterle

Emeritus Professor

School of the Environment
Faculty of Science

Overview

Professor Joan Esterle is the Chair of the Vale-UQ Coal Geoscience Program. Her research interests are varied but focussed on how geological history impacts on coal measures behaviour during mining, processing and utilisation. She also develops 3D models for the distribution of sedimentary strata that can be used to predict geohazards in coal mines or reservoir behaviour in conventional and non conventional gas resources, and for geosequestration. In addition to working with Vale and other industry partners, she conducts multi-client studies through the Australian Coal Research Program (ACARP), The Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research (ANLECRD), and the UQ Centre for Coal Seam Gas (CCSG).

She received her PhD from The University of Kentucky, USA, in 1990. She worked for 17 years with CSIRO, followed by GeoGAS-Runge Group before joining the UQ full time in 2010. Current projects include:

  • CCSG Surat Geological Framework and Faults and Fractures
  • ACARP Rangal Supermodel-Bowen Basin and Cenozoic Fault Reactivation
  • ANLEC Outcrop Analogue Modelling for CO2 Sequestration

Qualifications

  • Masters (Research) of Petroleum and Coal Geology, University of Kentucky

Publications

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Publications

Book

  • Singh, Ashok K., Masto, Reginald Ebhin, Hazra, Bodhisatwa, Esterle, Joan and Singh, Pradeep K. (2020). Ash from coal and biomass combustion. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56981-5

Book Chapter

  • Esterle, Joan S. (2008). Mining and Beneficiation. Applied Coal Petrology. (pp. 61-83) Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045051-3.00003-8

  • Esterle, Joan S. (2008). Mining and Benefication. Applied Coal Petrology: The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization. (pp. 61-84) edited by I. Suarez-Ruiz and J. C. Crelling. Netherlands: Elsevier.

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Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Completed Supervision