Senior researchers in the Centre
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Professor Beecham is Professor of Sustainable Water
Resources Engineering. He specialises in Securing Water Supplies, Water
Recycling Systems Design and Risk Management for Water Reuse. His research
projects include: total water cycle management; water sensitive urban
design; computational fluid dynamics, modelling of free surface flows; sewer
system modelling; siphonic roof water harvesting and climate change impacts
on urban water systems. E:simon.beecham@unisa.edu.au
Associate
Professor Linda Zou’s current research interests are in the desalination,
membrane and nanotechnology areas, in particular: synthesizing nano-structured materials for environmental
applications; using integrated membrane system such as microfiltration,
nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes to produce low salt, and high
nutrient recycled water for irrigation, and increase the overall water
recovery; and determining the levels of the disinfection byproducts,
particularly N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and developing the processes to
effectively remove it from recycled water. She is also the Deputy Director
of the CWMR. E:Linda.zou@unisa.edu.au
Associate Professor Clark is a geoscientist who specialises in. treatment
for fit for purpose reuse. His current research in environmental management
and sustainability includes geological aspects of groundwater resources in
fractured rock aquifers and projects related to resource and environmental
management in parks and natural settings.
E: ian.clark@unisa.edu.au
Dr Hewa lectures in Civil and Water Engineering in the School of Natural and Built Environments. She has been researching into low flow hydrology since 1995. Guna is currently researching climate change effects on environmental flows and regional low flow predictions. She is also examining hydrological droughts in a changing climate and understanding the effects of WSUD measures on restoring environmental flows. E: Guna.hewa@unisa.edu.au
Dr John van Leeuwen is a Senior Research Fellow specialising in water and wastewater treatment and reuse. He has developed models and software which enable rapid prediction of chemicals required for optimum treatment of raw waters for drinking purposes. He is an adjunct professor with the State Key Laboratory for Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. E:john.vanleeuwen@unisa.edu.au
Mr David Pezzaniti is a Senior Research Engineer specialising in Securing Water Supplies, Treatment for fit for purpose reuse and Risk Management for Water Reuse. His research interests include harvesting, treatment and reuse at all catchment scales; Integrated Institutional Frameworks; infiltration systems; irrigation systems and continuous simulation modelling for reuse. His expertise also extends to grey water reuse, hydrology and runoff pollution control. E:David.pezzaniti@unisa.edu.au
Adjunct Professor Dennis Mulcahy‘s is currently Education and Training Programme Leader for the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment. His research interests include physical, analytical and environmental chemistry, including the development of microelectronic sensors. E:Dennis.mulcahy@unisa.edu.au
Adjunct Professor Argue is the doyen of Water Sensitive Urban Design and editor of the definitive manual on this subject. Winner of numerous awards for his pioneering research into urban water resources management, he continues to inspire his colleagues and research students. His Handbook “Water Sensitive Urban Design: a handbook for Australian practice” is endorsed by the AWA and SIA. E: john.argue@unisa.edu.au
Mr Lynn Brake is a Senior Research Fellow who specialises in Risk Management for Water Reuse and in the human aspects of water management and use in rural and outback landscapes. He has worked on research projects and consultancies on water policy, planning, conflict management, and resource use. E: lynn.brake@unisa.edu.au
Professor Don Bursill
Adjunct Professor Don Bursill, has more than 35 years experience in water resources and water quality management. He is internationally acknowledged as one of Australia’s most respected water scientists. He was responsible for establishing and directing the Australian Water Quality Centre in South Australia. E: don.bursill@unisa.edu.au
Professor Chris Saint
Adjunct Professor Saint has 24 years experience in environmental science including: biochemistry and genetics of pollutant biodegradation; cyanobacterial, bacterial and protozoan detection methodologies; taste and odour issues; water treatment and wastewater microbiology and pathogens in catchments. E: chris.saint@sawater.com.au
Associate Professor Ali Hassanli
Associate Professor Ali Hassanli is a Senior Research Fellow specialising in irrigation, water use efficiency, salinity management and environmental degradation. His research interests include reuse of wastewater for sustainable irrigation, urban and farmland salinity, soil and water monitoring for sustainable agriculture and water harvesting and management in arid and semi-arid regions. He is also a senior academic member of Shiraz University, Iran. E: ali.hassanli@unisa.edu.au