Barbara Bollard

Barbara Bollard
Academic background
Alma mater	James Cook University
Thesis	Integrating social and biophysical data to develop and evaluate marine protected area planning at a local scale: the 1998 Cairns Area Plan of Management as a case study (2006)
Doctoral advisor	Helene Marsh
Academic work
Institutions	Auckland University of Technology, University of Wollongong

Barbara Anne Bollard also known as Barbara Breen and Bollard-Breen, is a New Zealand academic, and is a professor at University of Wollongong. She was previously a full professor at Auckland University of Technology, specialising in using remote sensing and drones to map and manage conservation areas.

Academic career

Bollard attributes her love of science to her father, New Zealander John Bollard, who was involved in the development of solid fuel propellants for the US space programme, and had been involved in training John Glenn. Bollard completed a PhD titled Integrating social and biophysical data to develop and evaluate marine protected area planning at a local scale: the 1998 Cairns Area Plan of Management as a case study at James Cook University in 2006. Bollard then joined the faculty of Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor in 2022. She is now a professor at the University of Wollongong.

Bollard's describes herself as a "techno-nerd". Her research focuses on using geospatial mapping, including remote sensing and drone technology, for the identification and management of protected areas. She has used these techniques to map three areas in Antarctica, as well as deserts in Namibia. She is also exploring how the three-dimensional maps created for conservation planning can also be used in gaming, allowing a virtual experience of remote environments. Bollard's work to create a photo-mosaic of the area around Scott Base was featured in the National Geographic and Antarctica New Zealand-produced programme Continent 7: Dangerous Science. In summer 2023 Bollard worked with researchers from the University of Wollongong and Queensland University of Technology on an Australian Antarctic Division project to map moss beds around Casey Station, to better understand the areas at risk and the effects of climate change.

Selected works

• Abdul Nishar; Steve Richards; Dan Breen; John Robertson; Barbara Breen (February 2016). "Thermal infrared imaging of geothermal environments and by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV): A case study of the Wairakei – Tauhara geothermal field, Taupo, New Zealand". Renewable Energy. 86: 1256–1264. doi:10.1016/J.RENENE.2015.09.042. ISSN 0960-1481. Wikidata Q124153002.
• Lorenzo Fiori; Ashray Doshi; Emmanuelle Martinez; Mark B. Orams; Barbara Bollard-Breen (30 May 2017). "The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Marine Mammal Research". Remote Sensing. 9 (6): 543. doi:10.3390/RS9060543. ISSN 2072-4292. Wikidata Q124153003.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
• Rebecca M. Jarvis; Barbara Bollard Breen; Christian U. Krägeloh; D. Rex Billington (July 2015). "Citizen science and the power of public participation in marine spatial planning". Marine Policy. 57: 21–26. doi:10.1016/J.MARPOL.2015.03.011. ISSN 0308-597X. Wikidata Q73141112.
• Helene Marsh; Carole Eros; Peter Corkeron; Barbara Breen (1999). "A conservation strategy for dugongs: implications of Australian research". Marine and Freshwater Research. doi:10.1071/MF99080. ISSN 1323-1650. Wikidata Q124153012.
• Barbara Bollard; Ashray Doshi; Neil Gilbert; Ceisha Poirot; Len Gillman (9 February 2022). "Drone Technology for Monitoring Protected Areas in Remote and Fragile Environments". Drones. 6 (2): 42. doi:10.3390/DRONES6020042. ISSN 2504-446X. Wikidata Q124152950.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

External links

• Mappping by drone - Africa to Antarctica Ted talk by Breen July 2016