Guna Hewa Alankarage

Associate Professor Guna Hewa Alankarage is affiliated with the University of South Australia within the UniSA STEM division. He specializes in Water Engineering and actively supervises research degrees. His work focuses on urban water systems and environmental management.

• Research Interests: Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), sediment transport dynamics, erosion modeling, stormwater management, and phytocapping for sustainable landfill covers.
• Key Publications: 2024 studies on Dry Creek sediment transport and phytocapping, 2023 systematic review on erosion models, and 2019 works on Asian urban stormwater strategies and cyanobacterial bloom control.
• Collaborations: Works with the South Australian Department of Environment and Water, Goyder Institute for Water Research, and international institutions like National Taiwan University.
• Methodologies: Employs statistical modeling, LiDAR-derived DEM for morphological analysis, and dose-response modeling for chemical inhibition of algal blooms.
• Email: Guna.Hewa@unisa.edu.au