Professor Huade Guan
Professor
College of Science and Engineering
I joined Flinders University in 2006. I am a Chief Investigator of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. My research interests mostly focus on water resource and environmental issues from the interface of land surface and atmosphere, through soil and vegetation, to groundwater table. Most of my research projects are about interactions among water, terrestrial ecosystems and climate at various scales and settings. They fall in the interdisciplinary fields of ecohydrology and hydrometeorology. So I name my research group EcoH2OMe.
The EcoH2OMe research group investigates soil and plant water relations, and land surface and atmosphere interactions, to understand how these interactions in the critical zone respond to climate and environmental changes, and the impacts on water resources, ecosystem services, food productivity, and urban microclimate. I am also interested in mountain-block hydrology, isotopes in the hydrological cycle, carbon sequestration, and contaminated water and soil remediation.
We integrate field/lab experiments, remote sensing, environmental tracers, and mathematical modelling in the research.
My research is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: 15 Life on land, 11 Sustainable cities, 13 Climate actions, 6 Clean water, and 2 Zero hunger.
M. Sci. in Geological Science (Groundwater), University of Texas at El Paso, USA, 2001
B. Sci. in Geochemistry, Peking University, China, 1990
(Research grants)
- Drywells and trees: Combating urbanisation induced flood and extreme heat problems, Hort Innovation, 2024-2027
- Assessment of groundwater dependent terrestrial vegetation surrounding the Solomon Mine, 2023-2024
- Skrzypek et al., Unsaturated zone functioning in a semi-arid flash flood driven climate, ARC, 2023-2026
- A pumping-test analogue for characterizing root-zone and plant integrated hydraulic systems, TREE Fund (USA), 2023-2024
- Environmental and microclimate benefits of WSUD structures in the City of Mitcham, City of Mitcham and Green Adelaide, 2022-2024
- Solar-powered enhanced evaporation pond system for in-situ salt extraction, Australian Goverment Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 2022-2023
- Estimation of flood plain understory evapotranspiration based on the maximum entropy production method, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, 2021-2023
- Dittmann et al., Blue carbon opportunities through tidal restoration and avoided disturbance, The Green Adelaide Board, 2021-2022
- Urban water-tree-microclimate relationships at different settings to support WSUD implementation, The Green Adelaide Board and Mitcham Council, 2021-2022
- Effects of stormwater harvesting on street trees' amelioration of summer microclimate in Adelaide, The AMLR NRMB and Mitcham Council, 2020
- Effects of enhanced stormwater infiltration on urban trees functioning in dry season, The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRMB and Mitcham Council, 2019
- Dittmann,S., L. et al., From Salt to Carbon: carbon sequestration through ecological restoration at the Dry Creek Salt Field, Goyder Institute, 2017-2019
- Optimal balance between cooling energy use and green infrastructure irrigation in dry-summer Adelaide, State Government (DEWNR) and SA Water, 2014-2016
- Gillanders, B.,S. et al., Stable isotope analysis of environmental and physiological samples, ARC, 2012
- City of Adelaide urban heat island micro-climate study, SA State Goverment and Adelaide City Council, 2011-2012
- Simmons, C. T., et al., National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Program 4: Groundwater-vegetation-atmosphere interactions, ARC and National Water Commission, 2009-2014
Chief Investigator, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
Degree Coordinator: Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science)
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching: ENVS2761 Catchment & Urban Hydrology, ENVS3731 & ENVS8771 Ecohydrology Soil & Climate
Research supervision: Honours and PhD students in hydrology, ecohydrology, hydrometeorology, urban climate
Lab Director: Ecohydrology Research Laboratory
Associate Editor: Journal of Hydrology (2015 - )
Associate Editor: Frontiers in Climate, Ecology, and People (2021 - )
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.
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- )
Associate editor: Frontiers in Climate, Ecology, and People (2021- )
Journal reviewer
Nature, Geophysical Researcch Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Scientific Reports
(Hydrology) Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Hydrology & Earth System Science, 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, Chile National Research and Development Agency,
News
Wenjie Liu has been awarded a 2024 Best Higher Degree by Research Student Publication Prize.
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Current PhD students
Xanthia Gleeson (Urban ecohydrology, 2020-)
Zhechen Zhang (Ecohydrology, 2022-)
Zhongli Liu (Isotope hydrology and hydrometeorology, 2022-)
Rasyid Ranomahera (Agricultural hydrology, 2023-)
Liping Pan (Urban hydrology, 2024-)
Binrui Liu (Land-atmosphere interactions, 2025-)
Huixiang Li (Groundwater dependent ecosystems, 2024-2025)
Post-doctoral research fellows
Dr. Wenjie Liu (2025-)
Dr. Wenjing Yang (2024-2025)
Dr. Karina Y. Gutierrez-Jurado (2021)
Dr. Yuting Yang (2013-2014)
Dr. Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado (2012-2014)
Dr. Vinodkumar (2009-2012)
Completion PhD students
Wenjie Liu (Remote sensing in ecohydrology, 2025)
Jianfeng Gou (co-supervision, Isotope hydrology, 2024)
Xia Li (co-supervision, Ecohydrology, 2024)
Wenjing Yang (co-supervision, Ecohydrology, 2024)
Yifei Zhou (Urban climate, 2022)
Ajiao Chen (Hydrometeorology, 2022)
Zidong Luo (co-supervision, PhD, Ecohydrology, 2020)
Na Liu (co-supervision, Ecohydrology, 2020)
Lanre Abiodun (co-supervision, Ecohrology and Remote sensing, 2019)
Robert Andrew (Ecohydrology and Remote sensing, 2017)
Saeedeh Gharib (MS, Urban climate, 2016)
Zijuan Deng (Ecohydrology, 2015)
Hailong Wang (Ecohydrology, 2015)
Xiang Xu (Isotope ecohydrology, 2015)
Lei Jiang (co-supervision, Ecohydrology 2015)
Yunquan Wang (co-supervision, Hydrology 2014)
Yuting Yang (co-supervision, Ecohydrology 2011)
Zhenyu Ding (co-supervision, Hydrology 2009)
International visiting scholars
Yongli Gao, Univeristy of Texas at San Antonio, 2023
Hailong Wang, Sun Yat-sen University, 2023
Jiawen Zhu, Hunan University of Science & Technology, 2020-2021
David Williams, Univeristy of Wyoming, 2019
Kamini Singha, Colorado School of Mines, 2019
Lingli Fan, Guangdong Ocean University, 2018-2019
Xinping Zhang, Hunan Normal University, China, 2009, 2013, 2018
Hongjie Xie, Univeristy of Texas at San Antonio, USA, 2017
Jingfeng Wang, Georgia Tech, USA, 2016
Xunjian Long, Southwest University, China, 2016
Bing Liu, Chinese Academy of Science, 2014-2015
Xun Zhou, China University of Geoscience, 2013
Grzegorz Skrzypek, University of Western Australia, July 2012
Xinguang He, Hunan Normal University, China, 2012-2013
Shanyou Zhu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China, 2011-2012
Rajib Maity, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2008
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