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Overview
Background
Badin is an environmental engineer with over 20 years’ experience in environmental hydrology and water resource engineering. In his current role with the University of Queensland’s School of Civil Engineering he leads a program of research that aims to support the sustainable management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems. This research seeks to quantify water flows and the associated transport of sediment and contaminants in environmental systems ranging from upland rivers and streams to lakes, estuaries and the near-coastal ocean as well as their connected groundwater systems. Badin employs a multi-disciplinary approach that combines the application of innovative environmental monitoring with a range of models to better understand how different factors influence water quality and ecosystem health in these systems.
Prior to joining the University of Queensland, Badin was active in engineering and environmental management roles within various local government, state government, not-for-profit and professional engineering consulting organisations. He applies this past industry experience in his current research activities, which are characterised by close collaboration with water management agencies, to deliver scientific information to support management decisions.
Badin also maintains an active involvement in the University of Queensland’s undergraduate and post-graduate teaching programs where he delivers lectures in various subjects including environmental engineering, hydrology, environmental risk assessment and modelling of surface water and groundwater systems. The experience gained in these roles enables him to communicate complex environmental information with a level of detail appropriate to a range of different audiences from community stakeholders to the engineering profession and regulatory agencies. Badin also supervises a number of post-graduate and undergraduate students who are pursuing research in the area of environmental hydrology and contaminant transport, with many focusing on the implications of forecast climate shifts on water resource management decisions.
Availability
- Associate Professor Badin Gibbes is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Engineering, Griffith University
- Masters (Coursework), University of New South Wales
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources
Monitoring and modelling of water flows and associated bio-geochemical processes at the catchment scale as they relate to water supply systems. A particular research interest is monitoring and modelling the coupled hydrodynamic and bio-geochemical processes that occur in lakes and water supply reservoirs.
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Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions
Measurement and modelling of the exchange of water (and associated dissolved chemicals) between groundwater and surface water systems such as lakes, rivers, estuaries and oceans.
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Contaminant transport and fate
A focus of my research is on natural substances such as sediments, nutrients, pathogens, heat and salt that can become contaminants when changes in land use or anthropogenic activity cause them to be present in elevated concentrations in aquatic systems. A combination of environmental monitoring and numerical models are used to explore the movement of these contaminants through environmental systems.
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Coupling effects of tide and salting-out on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) transport and adsorption in a coastal aquifer
Li, Congrui, Zhang, Chenming, Gibbes, Badin, Wang, Tao and Lockington, David (2022). Coupling effects of tide and salting-out on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) transport and adsorption in a coastal aquifer. Advances in Water Resources, 166 104240, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104240
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2022
Other Outputs
Future dam engineering in a changing world
Gibbes, Badin , Chanson, Hubert , McIntyre, Neil , Sufian, Adnan and Scheurmann, Alexander (2022). Future dam engineering in a changing world. Brisbane, Australia: School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland.
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2022
Journal Article
A modelling approach for addressing sensitivity and uncertainty of estuarine greenhouse gas (CO <sub>2</sub> and CH <sub>4</sub> ) dynamics
Huang, Peisheng, De Sousa, Eduardo R., Wells, Naomi S., Eyre, Bradley D., Badin Gibbes, and Matthew R. Hipsey, (2022). A modelling approach for addressing sensitivity and uncertainty of estuarine greenhouse gas (CO 2 and CH 4 ) dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127 (6) e2021JG006722. doi: 10.1029/2021jg006722
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2022
Journal Article
Developing best practice guidelines for lake modelling to inform quantitative microbial risk assessment
Yu, Songyan, Sturm, Katrin, Gibbes, Badin, Kennard, Mark J., Veal, Cameron J., Middleton, Duncan, Fisher, Paul L., Rotherham, Simon and Hamilton, David P. (2022). Developing best practice guidelines for lake modelling to inform quantitative microbial risk assessment. Environmental Modelling and Software, 150 105334, 105334. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105334
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2021
Other Outputs
Purified Recycled Water and Lake Wivenhoe modelling of pathogen fate and transport
Yu, Songyan , Gibbes, Badin , Weber, Tony , Frassl, Marieke , Roiko, Anne , Petterson, Susan , Faranda, Ashleigh , de Groot, Adyn , Prentice, Matthew , Dallimore, Chris , Kozak, Sonya and Hamilton, David (2021). Purified Recycled Water and Lake Wivenhoe modelling of pathogen fate and transport. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University.
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2021
Other Outputs
Strategic Review of Models: Model Assessment Framework
Botelho, Daniel , Singh, Aditya , Hipsey, Matthew and Gibbes, Badin (2021). Strategic Review of Models: Model Assessment Framework. Brisbane, Australia: Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government.
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2020
Journal Article
Evaluating the effect of data-richness and model complexity in the prediction of coastal sediment loading in Solomon Islands
Hutley, Nicholas, Boselalu, Mandus, Wenger, Amelia, Grinham, Alistair, Gibbes, Badin and Albert, Simon (2020). Evaluating the effect of data-richness and model complexity in the prediction of coastal sediment loading in Solomon Islands. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (12) 124044, 1-11. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abc8ba
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2020
Conference Publication
Value of Local Data to Modelling Coastal Sediment Delivery in a Remote Unmodified Data-poor Tropical Island Environment
Grinham, Alistair Robert , Hutley, Nicholas , Gibbes, Badin and Albert, Simon (2020). Value of Local Data to Modelling Coastal Sediment Delivery in a Remote Unmodified Data-poor Tropical Island Environment. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, 16-21 February 2020. Washington, DC, United States:
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2020
Conference Publication
Adaptive Real-time Forecasting and Monitoring of Water Quality in a Crucial Link to Regional Water Supply
Hutley, Nicholas, Dunbabin, Matthew, Gibbes, Badin, Albert, Simon and Grinham, Alistair Robert (2020). Adaptive Real-time Forecasting and Monitoring of Water Quality in a Crucial Link to Regional Water Supply. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 16-21 February 2020. Washington, DC United States: American Geophysical Union.
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2019
Journal Article
Measuring development of environmental awareness and moral reasoning: a case-study of a civil engineering course
Murzi, Homero, Mazzurco, Andrea, Pikaar, Ilje and Gibbes, Badin (2019). Measuring development of environmental awareness and moral reasoning: a case-study of a civil engineering course. European Journal of Engineering Education, 44 (6), 954-968. doi: 10.1080/03043797.2019.1566300
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2019
Journal Article
Combined effect of tides and varying inland groundwater input on flow and salinity distribution in unconfined coastal aquifers
Kuan, Woei Keong, Xin, Pei, Jin, Guangqiu, Robinson, Clare E., Gibbes, Badin and Li, Ling (2019). Combined effect of tides and varying inland groundwater input on flow and salinity distribution in unconfined coastal aquifers. Water Resources Research, 55 (11) 2018WR024492, 8864-8880. doi: 10.1029/2018wr024492
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2019
Journal Article
Spatiotemporal influences of open-coastal forcing dynamics on a dense multiport diffuser outfall
Baum, Mitchell J., Albert, Simon, Grinham, Alistair and Gibbes, Badin (2019). Spatiotemporal influences of open-coastal forcing dynamics on a dense multiport diffuser outfall. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 145 (10) 05019004, 05019004. doi: 10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001622
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2019
Journal Article
A short review of contemporary developments in aquatic ecosystem modelling of lakes and reservoirs
Frassl, Marieke A., Abell, Jonathan M., Botelho, Daniel A., Cinque, Kathy, Gibbes, Badin R., Jöhnk, Klaus D., Muraoka, Kohji, Robson, Barbara J., Wolski, Malcolm, Xiao, Man and Hamilton, David P. (2019). A short review of contemporary developments in aquatic ecosystem modelling of lakes and reservoirs. Environmental Modelling and Software, 117, 181-187. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.024
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2019
Journal Article
Field-scale numerical modeling of a dense multiport diffuser outfall in crossflow
Baum, Mitchell J. and Gibbes, Badin (2019). Field-scale numerical modeling of a dense multiport diffuser outfall in crossflow. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 146 (1) 05019006, 05019006. doi: 10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001635
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2018
Journal Article
Near-field observations of an offshore multiport brine diffuser under various operating conditions
Baum, Mitchell J., Gibbes, Badin, Grinham, Alistair, Albert, Simon, Fisher, Paul and Gale, Deb (2018). Near-field observations of an offshore multiport brine diffuser under various operating conditions. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 144 (11) 05018007, 05018007. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001524
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2018
Journal Article
Response of GPS-tracked drifters to wind and water currents in a tidal estuary
Suara, Kabir A., Wang, Hang, Chanson, Hubert, Gibbes, Badin and Brown, Richard J. (2018). Response of GPS-tracked drifters to wind and water currents in a tidal estuary. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 44 (4) 8421567, 1077-1089. doi: 10.1109/JOE.2018.2850538
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2018
Journal Article
Near-bed monitoring of suspended sediment during a major flood event highlights deficiencies in existing event-loading estimates
Grinham, Alistair, Deering, Nathaniel, Fisher, Paul, Gibbes, Badin, Cossu, Remo, Linde, Michael and Albert, Simon (2018). Near-bed monitoring of suspended sediment during a major flood event highlights deficiencies in existing event-loading estimates. Water, 10 (2) 34, 34. doi: 10.3390/w10020034
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2017
Journal Article
Does fire alter soil water repellency in subtropical coastal sandy environments?
White, Amy M. , Lockington, David A. and Gibbes, Badin (2017). Does fire alter soil water repellency in subtropical coastal sandy environments?. Hydrological Processes, 31 (2), 341-348. doi: 10.1002/hyp.11000
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2017
Journal Article
Soil-water content characterisation in a modified Jarvis-Stewart model: a case study of a conifer forest on a shallow unconfined aquifer
Guyot, Adrien, Fan, Junliang, Oestergaard, Kasper T., Whitley, Rhys, Gibbes, Badin, Arsac, Margaux and Lockington, David A. (2017). Soil-water content characterisation in a modified Jarvis-Stewart model: a case study of a conifer forest on a shallow unconfined aquifer. Journal of Hydrology, 544, 242-253. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.11.041
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2016
Journal Article
Dramatic increase in mud distribution across a large sub-tropical embayment, Moreton Bay, Australia
Lockington, James R., Albert, Simon, Fisher, Paul L., Gibbes, Badin R., Maxwell, Paul S. and Grinham, Alistair R. (2016). Dramatic increase in mud distribution across a large sub-tropical embayment, Moreton Bay, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116 (1-2), 491-497. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.029
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Badin Gibbes is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Assessing the performance of urban wetlands – an industry linked project
Engineered wetlands are increasingly used in urban stormwater systems to enhance water quality and ecosystem health. Design of these systems is often informed by coupled hydrologic and water quality models, however these models are often unable to resolve detailed hydrodynamic and water quality interactions. Recent advances in numerical models and computational capacity now allow simulation of these processes.
The project will focus on the application of a coupled three-dimensional hydrodynamic and water quality model to directly simulate the hydraulic and water quality performance of urban wetlands. Specifically, the project seeks to develop and test innovative approaches to the simulation of flow-vegetation interactions (with a focus on aquatic macrophytes) and the associated implications for nutrient cycling, pathogen dynamics and aquatic vegetation over multiple seasonal cycles. This project involves close collaboration with an industry partner that is an international leader in the simulation of water quality, with opportunities to complete research while embedded within the industry partner organisation. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to develop world-class skills in the construction and application of advanced water quality models. Exposure to environmental modelling is a prerequisite and previous experience in data analysis would be advantageous.
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Water resource, water quality and aquatic ecosystem management topics
Opportunities in these areas of investigaiton are continually emerging. Please contact me directly (b.gibbes@uq.edu.au) to discuss the latest research opportunities or to propose your own study topic.
Current areas of active research include:
1. Monitoring and modelling of pollutants (sediments, nutrients, pathogens and chemicals) in lakes and groundwater systems.
2. Urban lake modelling and management.
3. Simulation of future climate impacts on the hydrologial cycle with a focus on assessing changes in catchment runoff and lake dynamics.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Quantifying wind-driven greenhouse gas exchange within engineered landfills
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor William Clarke, Dr Alistair Grinham
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Doctor Philosophy
Assessing the risk of oligomictic conditions in subtropical reservoirs
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alistair Grinham
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of green stormwater infrastructure on increasing or decreasing flood/water quality risk in urban settings
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Simon Albert, Dr Alistair Grinham
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Formation and Role of Indurated Sand in the Northern Entrance to Moreton Bay
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Simon Albert, Dr Remo Cossu, Dr Alistair Grinham
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Dense Jet Behaviour in Dynamic Receiving Environments
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Simon Albert, Associate Professor David Callaghan, Dr Alistair Grinham
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Numerical modelling for optimisation of water quality monitoring stations: A monitoring - modelling - management study of an Australian subtropical reservoir
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Lockington
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
On the real-time non-stationary monitoring-integrated modelling of flows from catchments into receiving waters: Studies in the development and application of dynamic solutions for measuring and predicting aquatic systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alistair Grinham, Associate Professor Simon Albert
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Fate and Transport of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Coastal Aquifers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Chenming Zhang, Emeritus Professor David Lockington
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2018
Master Philosophy
Investigating the elevated arsenic concentrations in the Gold Ridge Tailings Storage Facility surface water.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alistair Grinham, Associate Professor Simon Albert
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Salt Transport in the Hyporheic Zone of Ephemeral Streams
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Quantifying woody vegetation water use in subtropical groundwater systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Lockington, Dr Adrien Guyot
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Near-shore Groundwater Dynamics In Unconfined Coastal Aquifers
Associate Advisor
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