I aspire to ensure access to adequate and safe water for ever-increasing populations. The fundamental purpose of my research is safeguarding water resources by mitigating water pollution. As such, I create knowledge and mathematical tools to understand the terrestrial processes that degrade water resources, essential for designing effective pollution mitigation measures.
I possess expertise and experience in applying physically-based and statistical modelling techniques in multiple computing platforms together with locally-sourced field data and data extracted from global databases to understand mechanisms of hydrological and pollution processes. In particular, I have successfully applied Bayesian Networks (BNs) and geospatial analysis to understand complex non-linear relationships among variables that determine pollutant behaviours in water environments.
My long-term research investigates how environmental changes and urbanisation influence degradation of water resources.
Experience
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2022–presentResearch associate, Queensland University of Technology
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2020–2022Postdoctoral researcher, Queensland University of Technology
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2018–2020Postdoctoral research fellow, Shenzhen University
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2017–2019Adjunct research fellow, Beijing Normal University
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2017–2018Adjunct professor, Shenzhen University
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2016–2018Postdoctoral researcher, Queensland University of Technology
Education
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2016Queensland University of Technology (QUT), PhD
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2011University of Moratuwa, BSc Engineering (Hons)
Professional Memberships
- International Water Association (IWA)
- Institution of Engineers Australia
Research Areas
- Environmental Engineering Modelling (090702)
- Water Resources Engineering (090509)
- Water Quality Engineering (090508)
- Brisbane, Australia
- Website
- @BuddhiWijesiri
- Article Feed
- 07 3138 8002
- b.mahappukankanamalage@qut.edu.au
- ORCID
- Joined
