HanShe Lim

My research interests are in the hydrological response behaviour of tropical catchments, especially catchments which experience distinct rainfall seasonality. I've combined both fieldwork and hydrological modelling techniques to better understand rainfall-runoff response behaviour.

An important area of research activity focuses on urban stormwater remediation using blue green infrastructure and water sensitive urban design techniques to achieve hydrological and stormwater runoff quality improvements. This work includes historical and indigeneous knowledges to better understand hydrological processes and events (e.g. floods) for the purpose of improved catchment management.

Areas that I have worked in include Southeast Asia, India, Sri Lanka, China and now Australia often with a multi-disciplinary group of scientists and government agencies.

Current projects:

a) Blue green infrastructure and flood mitigation (tropical coastal cities)

b) Preferential water and nutrient movement via palaeochannels (a Queensland Water Modelling Network Big Ideas project)

c) Palaeofloods (what boulders tell us about floods)

d) Catchment water balance modelling using stable water isotopes

e) Smart tropical urban catchments (smart sensing, water sensitive urban design, liveability)**

f) Rainfall-runoff response behaviour of tropical forested catchments

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Information about some of the latest projects I'm involved in:

https://science.des.qld.gov.au/government/science-division/water-and-coastal/water-modelling-network/projects

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Please contact me if you are interested to work with me and my colleagues on the above listed projects.

Information about graduate studies at JCU is available here:

https://www.jcu.edu.au/graduate-research-school

**This project won the Program Innovation Award at the 2019 Queensland Water Awards (https://watersource.awa.asn.au/technology/innovation/queenslands-most-innovative-celebrated-at-water-industry-awards/).