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Mahdi Sedighkia is a Research Fellow at the Australian National University, working within the Institute for Climate, Energy, and Disaster Solutions and the Mathematical Science Institute. His research interests are primarily focused on flood modeling and management, water resource planning, and the application of artificial intelligence methods alongside remote sensing and geographic information system techniques. He is also interested in ecological water resources engineering and assessing the impacts of climate change on river basins. Sedighkia obtained his B.Eng, M.Sc, and PhD degrees in Environmental Water Resource Engineering from the University of Tehran, Tarbiat Modares University in Iran, and James Cook University in Australia. His work emphasizes hydraulic modeling of floods, flood damage assessment, hydro-environment engineering, and management of water resources at the river basin scale. Additionally, he integrates robust optimization programming and fuzzy systems within his studies to enhance the effectiveness of agricultural and ecological modeling. His ongoing projects and collaboration with local communities focus on increasing resilience to flood events and mitigating flood risks in regional Australia.
Australian National University • Canberra, Australia
Leading research projects on flood modeling and environmental resource management.
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