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Dilanka Niroshan Athukoralalage
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
I am a Ph.D. student at the department of ecology and evolutionary biology and I mainly focus on the drought impacts on river Murray water quality and water quality modeling. I basically work with existing and new river flow, meteorological and nutrient data to study the water quality during droughts and post-drought periods. I obtained my master's degree from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and I worked as a research assistant for more than six months in the ocean biogeochemistry research group, at the department of earth science, Memorial University. I also worked as a research scientist at the snow-hydrology research group at the University of Oulu, Finland.
I am a PhD student at the department of ecology and evolutionary biology and I mainly focus on the drought impacts on river Murray water quality and water quality modelling. I basically work with existing and new river flow, meteorological and nutrient data to study the water quality during droughts and post-drought periods. I also focus on the future drought predictions and potential water quality impacts in combined with climate change projections such as global circulation model.
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Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2020 Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada Master of Science (Earth Science) 2013 - 2016 University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka BSc. special degree in Geology (Honours) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Athukoralalage, D., Brookes, J., McDowell, R. W., & Mosley, L. M. (2024). Impact of hydrological drought occurrence, duration, and severity on Murray-Darling basin water quality. Water Research, 252, 12 pages.
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2023 Athukoralalage, D. N. (2023). Droughts and post-drought impacts on the water quality of the Murray-Darling basin. Poster session presented at the meeting of Freshwater Sciences 2023. Brisbane.
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