Michael Meadows Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I will be exploring how remote-sensing data and machine learning approaches can be used more effectively in disaster risk reduction, particularly in low-income countries where data scarcity remains a significant challenge.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Auckland, New Zealand

Based in Auckland, working mostly on flood forecasting & early warning systems around New Zealand, supporting Bhutan's Department of Disaster Management to develop a natural hazards & disaster risk Decision Support System, and helping design a rainfall-based parametric insurance product in Southeast Europe.

Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

After working on two World Bank-funded flood risk projects in South Asia, I returned to university to better understand the complex, inter-disciplinary world of disaster risk & learn how societies can build resilience that works for all.Research interests: increasing the uptake of ecosystem-based DRR solutions, and exploring the potential integration of machine learning into the risk modelling chain.Awards: Sir Julius von Haast Prize for Master of Disaster, Risk and Resilience 2020

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Part of the international team working on a comprehensive Disaster Risk Assessment for the state of Uttarakhand (India), funded by the World Bank and looking at the risks posed by earthquakes, floods, landslides & industrial hazards. As Deputy Project Manager, I was involved in all aspects of the exposure, hazard & vulnerability analysis & reporting, with a particular focus on flood hazard modelling, producing a state-wide Disaster Risk Atlas, and developing a risk metric dashboard (using the Dash platform with Python).

Singapore

Environmental engineering and project management role for studies involving flood risk assessment & mitigation, real-time monitoring & flood forecasting, hydropower feasibility assessment, storm water management, and integrated catchment management (using software such as MIKE 11, MIKE FLOOD, MIKE SHE, ArcGIS, Python & R).

Singapore

Hydrological and/or hydraulic studies in fields such as hydropower feasibility assessment, flood assessment & mitigation, real-time flood forecasting, stormwater management, and integrated catchment management, (using software such as MIKE 11, MIKE FLOOD, MIKE SHE, ArcGIS & R).

Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) / Singapore

Project work on rainfall-runoff studies, stormwater drainage masterplans & groundwater modelling (using MIKE 11, MIKE SHE and ArcGIS).

Paratwada, Maharashtra, India

Internship for requirements of B.Eng. degree, gaining exposure to village-level development projects, advising on hydrological aspects of projects such as check dams, open wells and Gabion structures (erosion control), and training staff in increased computer literacy.

Master Of Disaster Risk And Resilience (Distinction), Gpa 9.0/9.0

Taught jointly by Lincoln University, this intense one year Master's programme does an amazing job of providing a high-level overview.

Master Of Science, Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) / Bachelor Of Arts (Philosophy)

Double degree with a B.Eng. from the Centre for Water Research (CWR) focussing on environmental engineering, hydrology & sustainability.

Education record

One year student exchange at Uppsala University (Sweden) studying hydrology at the Earth Sciences Institute, (Institutionen för.

Education record

Two trimesters student exchange at Mahawithayalai Rangsit (Thailand) for the B.A. degree, including classes on Political Philosophy.