Dr Durga Lal Shrestha
/DOOR-gah laa-l shres-ta/
Senior Research Scientist
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Biography
Dr Durga Lal Shrestha is Senior Research Scientist in Land and Water division of CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Australia. He is researching methods to improve streamflow forecasting through improved hydrological modelling and making best use of available observations and forecasts. He is currently helping to develop science and technology to underpin Australia’s next generation of services in flood and river flow forecasting.
Dr Shrestha has more than 15 years international research experience in hydrological modelling using process based and machine learning techniques. Before joining to CSRIO in 2010, he worked as a post-doctorate researcher in UNSESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands for 13 months. He received his MSc degree in Hydroinformatics from UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands in 2002. He was awarded PhD degree in Hydroinformatics jointly from UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and Technical University of Delft, Netherlands in 2009. During his PhD study, he has developed methods to quantify and predict hydrological modelling uncertainty using machine learning techniques. He has published more than a dozen peer reviewed papers in international journals, one book, more than 3 dozen conference papers and a half dozen technical reports.
Other Interests
Hydrological modelling, forecasting
Risk and uncertainty analysis of hydrological models
Machine learning, data driven modelling
Application of artificial neural networks, support vector machines to rainfall-runoff modelling Instance based leaning and its application
Model trees
Fuzzy logic, etc.
Bayesian networks and its application in hydrological models
Chaos and non-linear dynamics
Global and random search optimisations
Multi objectives optimisations
Committee machines and boosting techniques for improvement of performance of hydrological models
Hidden Markov mixture of models
Numerical Weather Prediction Calibration
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Activity Leader
WIRADA 4.3 - Flood and short-term streamflow forecasting -
Team member
Water Forecasting
Academic Qualifications
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2009
PhD
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands -
2009
PhD
TU Delft -
2002
Master of Science in Hydroinformatics (Distinction)
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Netherland -
1996
Bachelor of Engineering (Distinction)
TU Nepal
Professional Experiences
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2015-Ongoing
Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO Land and Water -
2010-2015
Research Scientist
CSIRO Land and Water -
2009-2010
Postdoc Researcher
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Netherlands -
May 2002-February 2004
Research Fellow
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Netherlands -
November 1996-October 2000
Hydrologist Engineer
Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal -
April 1996-November 1996
Civil Engineer
Deta Consulant, Nepal -
April 1991-May 1992
Junior Engineer
Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT), Nepal
Achievements and Awards
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2016
CSIRO Medal for Impact from Science
CSIRO -
2014-2014
GN Alexander Medal
Engineers Australia -
2004-2009
PhD Scholarship
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education -
2000-2002
MSc Scholarship
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Netherlands
Other highlights
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2012-2013
Activity leader: WIRADA 4.1 - Water Forecasting and Prediction – Flood and Short Term
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2013-2013
Co-Convener and Chaired a session in Asia Oceania Geo-sciences Society (AOGS)
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Publications
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