Associate Professor Huade Guan
Associate Professor
College of Science and Engineering
I am originally from China. After having seven-year postgraduate studies in USA, I joined Flinders University in 2006. My Masters study was on virus fate and transport in saturated porous media. My PhD study was on mountain block hydrology and mountain front recharge. One year postdoctoral research was on application of remote sensing in hydrology. Currently I am Associate Professor in Hydrology, and a chief investigator of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training in Australia. My research interests are mostly focused on water resource and environmental issues from the interface of land surface and atmosphere, through soil and vegetation, to groundwater table. My expertise lies in the fields of terrestrial ecohydrology, hydrometeorology, mountain block hydrology, and urban heat island. I am particularly interested in applications of mathematical algorithms, environmental tracers and remote sensing in solving environmental problems.
M. Sci. in Geological Science (Groundwater), University of Texas at El Paso, USA, 2001
B. Sci. in Geochemistry, Peking University, China, 1990
(Honours and Awards)
Adjunct Professor, Hunan Normal University, China, 2011-2015
Langmuir Award for Excellence in Research, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, U.S.A., 2006
(Recent grants)
- Dittmann,S., L. Mosley, P. Sutton, E. Bestland, H. Guan, S. Crooks, R. Costanza, J. Stangoulis, From Salt to Carbon: carbon sequestration through ecological restoration at the Dry Creek Salt Field ($336k), Goyder Institute, 2017-2019
- Guan, H., Selected environmental issues and solutions in two coastal cities in Australia and China ($10k), New Colombo Plan, 2017
- Guan, H., S. Beecham, G. Ingleton, Optimal balance between cooling energy use and green infrastructure irrigation in dry-summer Adelaide ($48k), State Government (DEWNR) and SA Water, 2014-2016
- Dittmann, S., E. Bestland, M. Whalen, J. Stangoulis, H. Guan, A. McGrath, J. Hacker, Investigation of field methodologies for measuring coastal wetland carbon capture and storage values ($48k), Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board, 2012-2013
- Gillanders, B.,S. Robinson , S. Walker, M. Kennedy,J. Watling, K. Soole, J. Tibby, H. Guan, A. Cooper, A. Ball. Stable isotope analysis of environmental and physiological samples ($420k), ARC, 2012
- Guan, H., J. Bennett, C. Ewenz, A. McGrath, S. Benger, V.Soebarto, R. Clay, K. Bellette, and Adelaide City Council, City of Adelaide urban heat island micro-climate study ($70k), Department of the Premier and Cabinet University Sector Agreement Fund on Climate Change, and Adelaide City Council, 2011-2012
- Simmons, C. T., ... H. Guan,... National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training ($30M), Program 4: Groundwater-vegetation-atmosphere interactions, ARC and National Water Commission, 2009-2014
- Guan, H., C. T. Simmons, J. Bennett, C. Ewenz, R. Clay, G. Hopkins, The effects of parkland on mitigating urban heat island intensity ($93K), SA Goverment, 2009-2010
Chief Investigator, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
Undergraduate degree program coordinator: Bachlor of Science (Environmental Science)
My research interests are mostly focused on water resource and environmental issues that are related to the hydrometeorological and hydrological processes occurring from the interface of land surface and atmosphere, through soil and vegetation, to groundwater table.
- Terrestrial ecohydrology, particularly on plant water use, environmental stress, drought tolerance, and water use efficiency.
- Spatial and temporal analysis of climate variables, in the context of climate variability and changes, and topographic influence
- Evapotranspiration measurement, modelling and remote sensing
- Environmental tracers, including chloride, water and carbon isotopes in the soil (groundwater)-vegetation-atmosphere continuum.
- Groundwater recharge estimation, particularly in mountainous areas, and with land cover changes
- Urban climate, Adelaide urban heat island, summer heat mitigation, and energy consumption
- Permeable reactive barriers: surfactant modified zeolite, microbial pathoghens, and heavy metals
I am working with other colleagues developing the following research projects. We welcome contribution from research students and visiting scholars.
- Monitoring and modelling ecohydrological states and processes: towards a better understanding of ecosystems responses to climate variability and changes
- Investigation of urban hydrology from aquifers to the atmosphere: toward integrated management of water, energy, and carbon in urban environments
- Advancing environmental and water research with emerging remote sensing opportunities
The best way to learn science is to do science. In addition to normal lectures and labs, I encourage students to do small projects in which they can apply the knowledge and skills.
I am interested in developing collaboration in teaching and research student supervision with overseas universities.
AINSE grant to attend the 9th IsoEcol Conference - AUG 2014
AOGS Best Student Poster Award - JUN 2013
Goyder Institute PhD Supplement - JAN 2013
Goyder Institute PhD Supplement - MAR 2013
NGWA best student presentation award - MAY 2012
The best poster award the 1st Annual RHD Conference, School of the Environment, Flinders University - OCT 2014
Technical committee and consultation
AGU Hydrology Section's Ecohydrology Technical Committee 2013-2014
UNESCO Groundwater Governance: A Global Framework for Action, Fourth Regional Consultation: Asia and Pacific Region, 2012
Journal editor
Associate editor: Journal of Hydrology (2015- )
Journal reviewer
Geophysical Researcch Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Scientific Reports
(Hydrology) Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, Journal of Arid Environment, Hydrogeology Journal, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Journal of Hydorlogy (Regional Studies), Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Water Research, Water Resources Management, Urban Water, Vadose Zone, Hydrology Research
(Ecohydrology) Water Resources Research, Ecosphere, Journal of Ecohydrology, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Ecosystems, Ecological Engineering
(Atmospheric Sciences and Hydroclimatology) Journal of Climate, Agricultural and Forest Meteology, Journal of Hydrometeorology, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climatology, Urban Climate, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
(Remote Sensing) Remoste Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing
(Water Quality) Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemosphere, Applied Clay Sciences, Environmental Earth Sciences
Grant assessor
ARC Discovery, Linkage, DECRA, Australia-India Strategic Research Fund, Australia-India Strategic Research Fund
US NSF, Croatian Science Foundation, Canadian Killam Research Fellowship
- Climate
- Ecosystems
- Hydrology
- Remote sensing
- Urban planning
- Adelaide urban heat island:
- Groundwater recharge:
Current PhD students
Pragya Pradhan Shrestha (Hydrology, 2016-)
Ajiao Chen (Hydrometeorology, 2017-)
Yifei Zhou (Hydrometeorology, 2018-)
Na Liu (Ecohydrology, visiting 2018-2020)
Zidong Luo (Ecohydrology, visiting 2018-2019)
Completed Post-doctoral research fellows
Dr. Yuting Yang (2013-2014, → Flinders University/CSIRO)
Dr. Hugo A. Gutierrez Jurado (2012-2014, →University of Texas at El Paso)
Dr. Vinodkumar (2009-2012, →The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Australia)
Completed PhD students
Robert Andrew (PhD, Ecohydrology and Remote Sensing, 2017)
Saeedeh Gharib (MS, Urban climate, 2016)
Zijuan Deng (PhD, Ecohydrology, 2015)
Hailong Wang (PhD, Ecohydrology, 2015)
Xiang Xu (PhD, Isotope ecohydrology, 2015)
Completed Visiting PhD students
Kun Zhang (Ecohydrlogy 2017, Lanzhou University)
Guang Li (Isotope hydrology 2017, Nanjing University)
Lei Jiang (Ecohydrology 2015, Tsinghua University)
Yunquan Wang (Hydrology 2014, Lanzhou Univeristy)
Yuting Yang (Ecohydrology 2011, Tsinghua University)
Zhenyu Ding (Hydrology 2009, Lanzhou University)
International visiting scholars
A/Prof. Lingli Fan, Guangdong Ocean University, 2018-2019
Prof. Xinping Zhang, Hunan Normal University, China, 2009, 2013, 2018
Prof. Hongjie Xie, Univeristy of Texas at San Antonio, USA, 2017
A/Prof. Jingfeng Wang, Georgia Tech, USA, 2016
Dr. Xunjian Long, Southwest University, China, 2016
Dr. Bing Liu, Chinese Academy of Science, 2014-2015
Prof. Xun Zhou, China University of Geoscience, 2013
Dr. Grzegorz Skrzypek, University of Western Australia, July 2012
Dr. Xinguang He, Hunan Normal University, China, 2012-2013
Dr. Shanyou Zhu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China, 2011-2012
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