Dr Sreeni Chadalavada

Dr Sreeni Chadalavada
NameDr Sreeni Chadalavada
Email Addresssreeni.chadalavada@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleSenior Lecturer (Water Engineering)
QualificationsBTech PondiUni, MTech Indian IT, PhD UniSA
DepartmentSchool of Engineering
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Biography

I currently work as a Senior Lecturer( Water Engineering)at the University of Southern Queensland. Prior to this,I worked as a Principal Hydrogeologist at CRC CARE (Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of Environment) which is a national center of excellence for contaminants assessment and environmental remediation and headquartered at the University of Newcastle. In my role as Senior Lecturer, I am engaged in teaching and research in the areas of hydrology, water resources and environmental sciences. I have done my PhD from University of South Australia in 2009 with specialization in water resources and environmental engineering. Over the past 13 years of my academic and research career based at University of South Australia and University of Newcastle, I played significant role in conducted cutting edge research in the area of water resources and environmental engineering

Employment

PositionOrganisationFromTo
Principal Hydrogeologist and Research ManagerCRC CARE, University of Newcastle20162021
Senior Scientist (Hydrogeology)/ Department of Defence Coordinator:CRC CARE, University of South Australia20092015
Research Associate(Hydrogeology)University of South Australia20082009

Expertise

Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering

Catchment development

Water treatment technologies

Water resources systems management

Environmental Risk Assessment

Contaminated Land Assessment

Fate and Transport of pollutants in the environment

Optimization and simulation techniques

Groundwater exploration techniques

Teaching

ENV3105: Hydrology

ENV4203: Public Health Engineering

CIV2705: Municipal Services

CIV3906: Civil Engineering Practice

Fields of Research

  • 400513. Water resources engineering
  • 401106. Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling
  • 410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring

Professional Membership

Professional MembershipYear
Engineers Australia
International Association of Mathematical Geosciences
BTech
PondiUni
2003
MTech
Indian IT
2005
PhD
UniSA
2009

Supervision Interests

Artificial Intelligence in Health

Wastewater Treatment Technologies,

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Environmental Remediation

Water Resources Management

Flood Modelling

Hydrogeology

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
Durable and Adaptive Groundwater Remediation as a “Term of Practice” for Climate-Safe Sustainable RemediationAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2020
Removal of microplastics from wastewater treatment plants: An analysis of the effectiveness of various treatment methodsPrincipal SupervisorDoctoral2023
Spatially Enabled Digital Twin Framework for Field Design Process of Oil and Gas ProjectsAssociate SupervisorMasters2022
Removal of Dyes from Water Using Adsorption and Electrochemical Oxidation TechnologyAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2022
An Integrated Decision Support System for Monitoring and Management of Surface water quality influenced by Climate ChangeAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2021
Variability of extreme climate events and its impact on streamflowPrincipal SupervisorDoctoral2021
Predicting uncertainty in hydrologic catchment modelling during extreme rainfall eventsPrincipal SupervisorDoctoral2017

Completed Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCompleted
Novel tracers to delineate groundwater contamination from wastewater treatment plantsAssociateDoctoral2020
Developing Multi-Dimensional Vapour ModelAssociateDoctoral2022
Hydrocarbon Contaminated Subsurface Remediation using Electrokinetic Enhanced BioremediationAssociateDoctoral2021
Modular Vapour Intrusion Model for Effective Management and Remediation of HydrocarbonContaminated SitesAssociateDoctoral2012
Climate Change and its impact in groundwaterAssociateDoctoral2021

Prediction of Water Quality in Reservoirs: A Comparative Assessment of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches in the Case of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Farzana, Syeda Zehan, Paudyal, Dev Raj, Chadalavada, Sreeni and Alam, Md Jahangir. 2023. "Prediction of Water Quality in Reservoirs: A Comparative Assessment of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches in the Case of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia." Geosciences. 13 (293). https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13100293

An Alternative Method for Estimating the Peak Flow for a Regional Catchment Considering the Uncertainty via Continuous Simulation

Brown, Ian, McDougall, Kevin, Chadalavada, Sreeni and Alam, Md Jahangir. 2023. "An Alternative Method for Estimating the Peak Flow for a Regional Catchment Considering the Uncertainty via Continuous Simulation ." Water. 15 (19). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/w15193355

A Multi-Framework of Google Earth Engine and GEV for Spatial Analysis of Extremes in Non-Stationary Condition in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Pakdel, Hadis, Paudyal, Dev Raj, Chadalavada, Sreeni, Alam, Md Jahangir and Vazifedoust, Majid. 2023. "A Multi-Framework of Google Earth Engine and GEV for Spatial Analysis of Extremes in Non-Stationary Condition in Southeast Queensland, Australia." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 12 (9). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12090370

Climate-influenced hydrobiogeochemistry and groundwater remedy design: A review

Warner, Scott D., Bekele, Dawit, Nathanail, Paul, Chadalavada, Sreeni and Naidu, Ravi. 2023. "Climate-influenced hydrobiogeochemistry and groundwater remedy design: A review ." Remediation: the journal of environmental cleanup costs, technologies and techniques. 33 (3), pp. 187-207. https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.21753

Two-dimensional chlorinated vapour intrusion model involving advective transport of vapours with a highly permeable granular layer in the vadose zone serving as the preferential pathway

Unnithan, Aravind, Bekele, Dawit Nega, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu and Naidu, Ravi. 2023. "Two-dimensional chlorinated vapour intrusion model involving advective transport of vapours with a highly permeable granular layer in the vadose zone serving as the preferential pathway." Science of the Total Environment. 869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161743

Evaluating the role of preferential pathways in exacerbating vapour intrusion risks

Unnithan, Aravind, Bekele, Dawit, Samarasinghe, Chamila, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu and Naidu, Ravi. 2023. "Evaluating the role of preferential pathways in exacerbating vapour intrusion risks." Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100310

Enhanced Bio-P removal: Past, present, and future – A comprehensive review

Diaz, Ruby, Mackey, Brendan, Chadalavada, Sreeni, kainthola, Jyoti, Heck, Phil and Goel, Ramesh. 2022. "Enhanced Bio-P removal: Past, present, and future – A comprehensive review." Chemosphere. 309 (Part 2), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136518

Phytotoxicity of Class B aqueous firefighting formulations, Tridol S 3 and 6% to Lemna minor

Logeshwaran, Panneerselvan, Sivaram, Anithadevi Kenday, Yadav, Meena, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Naidu, Ravi and Mallavarapu, Megharaj. 2020. "Phytotoxicity of Class B aqueous firefighting formulations, Tridol S 3 and 6% to Lemna minor." Environmental Technology and Innovation. 18, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.100688

Smartphone-based / Fluoro-SPE for selective detection of PFAS at ppb level

Al Amin, Md., Sobhani, Zahra, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Naidu, Ravi and Fang, Cheng. 2020. "Smartphone-based / Fluoro-SPE for selective detection of PFAS at ppb level." Environmental Technology and Innovation. 18, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.100778

Calibration of a continuous hydrologic simulation model in the urban Gowrie Creek catchment in Toowoomba, Australia

Brown, I. W., McDougall, K., Alam, Md. Jahangir, Chowdhury, R. and Chadalavada, S.. 2022. "Calibration of a continuous hydrologic simulation model in the urban Gowrie Creek catchment in Toowoomba, Australia." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 40, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101021

Application of infrared spectrum for rapid classification of dominant petroleum hydrocarbon fractions for contaminated site assessment

Wang, Liang, Cheng, Ying, Lamb, Dane, Dharmarajan, Raja, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu and Naidu, Ravi. 2019. "Application of infrared spectrum for rapid classification of dominant petroleum hydrocarbon fractions for contaminated site assessment." Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 207, pp. 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2018.09.024

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Current status and research needs

Naidu, R., Nadebaum, P., Fang, C., Cousins, I., Pennell, K., Conder, J., Newell, C. J., Longpre, D., Warner, S., Crosbie, N. D., Surapaneni, A., Bekele, D., Spiese, R., Bradshaw, T., Slee, D., Liu, Y., Qi, F., Mallavarapu, M., Duan, L., ..., Nathanail, P.. 2020. "Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Current status and research needs." Environmental Technology and Innovation. 19, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.100915

Actively facilitated permeable reactive barrier for remediation of TCE from a low permeability aquifer: Field application

Bekele, Dawit N., Du, Jianhua, de Freitas, Leandro Gomes, Mallavarapu, Megharaj, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu and Naidu, Ravi. 2019. "Actively facilitated permeable reactive barrier for remediation of TCE from a low permeability aquifer: Field application." Journal of Hydrology. 572, pp. 592-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.03.059

Effectiveness of gravity based particle separation and soil washing for reduction of Pb in a clay loam shooting range soil

Sanderson, Peter, Thangavadivel, Kandasamy, Ranganathan, Srinivasan, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Naidu, Ravi and Bowman, Mark. 2019. "Effectiveness of gravity based particle separation and soil washing for reduction of Pb in a clay loam shooting range soil." Environmental Technology and Innovation. 16, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2019.100480

A review of electrokinetically enhanced bioremediation technologies for PHs

Saini, Anish, Bekele, Dawit Nega, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Fang, Cheng and Naidu, Ravi. 2020. "A review of electrokinetically enhanced bioremediation technologies for PHs." Journal of Environmental Sciences. 88, pp. 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2019.08.010

Recent advances in the analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - A review

Al-Amin, Md., Sobhani, Zahra, Liu, Yanju, Dharmaraja, Raja, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Naidu, Ravi, Chalker, Justin M. and Fang, Cheng. 2020. "Recent advances in the analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - A review." Environmental Technology and Innovation. 19, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.100879

Separation and Lithological Mapping of PFAS Mixtures in the Vadose Zone at a Contaminated Site

Bekele, Dawit N., Liu, Yanju, Donaghey, Mark, Umeh, Anthony, Arachchige, Chamila S. V., Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu and Naidu, Ravi. 2020. "Separation and Lithological Mapping of PFAS Mixtures in the Vadose Zone at a Contaminated Site." Frontiers in Water. 2, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2020.597810

Application of portable gas chromatography–mass spectrometer for rapid field based determination of TCE in soil vapour and groundwater

Wang, Liang, Cheng, Ying, Naidu, Ravi, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Bekele, Dawit, Gell, Peter, Donaghey, Mark and Bowman, Mark. 2021. "Application of portable gas chromatography–mass spectrometer for rapid field based determination of TCE in soil vapour and groundwater." Environmental Technology and Innovation. 21, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.101274

Combining environmental isotopes with Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) to characterise wastewater derived impacts on groundwater quality

McCance, W., Jones, O. A. H., Cendon, D. I., Edwards, M., Surapaneni, A., Chadalavada, S., Wang, S. and Currell, M.. 2020. "Combining environmental isotopes with Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) to characterise wastewater derived impacts on groundwater quality." Water Research. 182, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116036

Sorption of PFOS in 114 Well-Characterized Tropical and Temperate Soils: Application of Multivariate and Artificial Neural Network Analyses

Umeh, Anthony C., Naidu, Ravi, Shilpi, Sonia, Boateng, Emmanuel B., Rahman, Aminur, Cousins, Ian T., Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Lamb, Dane and Bowman, Mark. 2021. "Sorption of PFOS in 114 Well-Characterized Tropical and Temperate Soils: Application of Multivariate and Artificial Neural Network Analyses." Environmental Science and Technology. 55 (3), pp. 1779-1789. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c07202

Decoupling wastewater impacts from hydrogeochemical trends in impacted groundwater resources

McCance, W., Jones, O. A. H., Cendon, D. I., Edwards, M., Surapaneni, A., Chadalavada, S. and Currell, M.. 2021. "Decoupling wastewater impacts from hydrogeochemical trends in impacted groundwater resources." Science of the Total Environment. 774, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145781

Electrokinetic remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil (I)

Saini, Anish, Bekele, Dawit Nega, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Fang, Cheng and Naidu, Ravi. 2021. "Electrokinetic remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil (I)." Environmental Technology and Innovation. 23, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101585

Insights into vapour intrusion phenomena: Current outlook and preferential pathway scenario

Unnithan, Aravind, Bekele, Dawit Nega, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu and Naidu, Ravi. 2021. "Insights into vapour intrusion phenomena: Current outlook and preferential pathway scenario." Science of the Total Environment. 796, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148885

Green roof substrates—A literature review

Kader, Shuraik, Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu, Jaufer, Lizny, Spalevic, Velibor and Dudic, Branislav. 2022. "Green roof substrates—A literature review." Frontiers in Built Environment. 8, pp. 265-272. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.1019362

Google Earth Engine as Multi-Sensor Open-Source Tool for Monitoring Stream Flow in the Transboundary River Basin: Doosti River Dam

Pakdel-Khasmakhi, Hadis, Vazifedoust, Majid, Paudyal, Dev Raj, Chadalavada, Sreeni and Alam, Md Jahangir. 2022. "Google Earth Engine as Multi-Sensor Open-Source Tool for Monitoring Stream Flow in the Transboundary River Basin: Doosti River Dam." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 11 (11), pp. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11110535