Matthew Gibbs

Biography

Employment History May 2012 - present Principal Hydrologist, Science Monitoring and Knowledge Branch, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Aug 2010 - present Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia Mar 2007 - Aug 2010 ARC Senior Research Associate, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia. Aug 2010 - May 2012 Senior Hydrologist, Department for Water (Half Time) Jul 2007 - Oct 2011 Lecturer (Casual), School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia. Mar 2003 - Feb 2007 PhD Candidate, The University of Adelaide, South Australia. Mar 2003 - Dec 2005 Tutor (Casual), Bradford College, c/- The University of Adelaide, South Australia. Dec 2001 - Feb 2002 Researcher (Casual), School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia.

Research Interest

Modelling and optimisation of water resources, including: Hydraulics Water Distribution Systems (WDS) 1D and 2D river hydrodynamic modelling Hydrology Rainfall-runoff modelling River Modelling and regulated systems Water quality Chlorine and chloramine residuals in WDSs Salinity Data-driven modelling methods Artificial neural networks Mutual information Optimisation using Evolutionary Algorithms Theory and application of Genetic Algorithms and other evolutionary methods Impacts of climate change and variability on water resources