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Research Biography
Okke Batelaan is Strategic Professor in Hydro(geo)logy at Flinders University since 2012. He was Dean of the School of the Environment at Flinders from 2015-2017. Formerly he was for more than 20 years faculty member at the Free University Brussels and the KU Leuven, Belgium. Professor Batelaan has a broad experience in teaching groundwater hydrology, groundwater modelling, GIS and remote sensing for hydrological applications. He has extensive research experience and a publication record in shallow groundwater hydrology and modeling, recharge-discharge estimation and modeling, urban hydrology and distributed modelling, ecohydrology and impacts of landuse and climate change on groundwater systems. He coordinated and participated in a large number of projects in Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and Australia. He has lead a large project on the groundwater resources of the Adelaide plains and is currently involved in a project in the Northern Adelaide Plains, funded by the Goyder Institute. He is chief investigator in the ARC-Linkage project 'Cross-cultural management of freshwater on resource-constrained islands', which focusses on the water resources of Millingimbi island, NT. He is also partner in the ACIAR funded project 'Integrated water, soil and nutrient management for sustainable farming systems in South Central Coastal Vietnam and Australia'. He is editor-in-chief of Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies and associate editor of Journal of Hydrology.
Research Interests
Hydrogeology; Regional groundwater modelling; Recharge-discharge estimation; Groundwater-surface water interaction, among other involvement in HYPOTRAIN; Distributed hydrological modelling; GIS and remote sensing for hydrological modelling; ecohydrology; scientific and educational cooperation.
Supervised Students Successes
- Jun 2021 Trine Enemark - Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
- Jun 2021 Amirhosein Ramazanpour Esfahani - Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
- Jun 2015 Yuting Yang - Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Early Career Researchers
Completed Supervisions
Principal Supervisions:
- MSc theses in Hydrology-Hydrogeology (170)
- PhD theses in Hydrology-Hydrogeology (30)
- Honours theses in Hydrology-Hydrogeology (4)
Associate Supervisions:
- PhD theses in Hydrology-Hydrogeology (11)
- MSc theses in Hydrogeology (2)
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Hydrology
Supervisory Interests
- Groundwater/surface water interaction
- Groundwater modelling
- Groundwater dependent ecosystems
- Groundwater rechange
- Groundwater hydrology
- Catchment hydrology
- GIS
- Remote sensing
- Hydrology
- History, science
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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A Multi-Conceptual Model Approach to Untangling the MADE Experiment
Herweijer, J. C., Young, S. C., Hayes, P. & Batelaan, O., Mar 2026, In: Groundwater. 64, 2, p. 130-147 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An anthropogenically induced gradient in net carbon exchange of a temperate mangrove forest in South Australia
Yang, W., Guan, H., Wang, J., Abiodun, O. O., Zhou, Y. & Batelaan, O., 27 Jan 2026, In: Frontiers in Climate. 7, 15 p., 1720464.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A unified framework for groundwater level imputation and forecasting in data-limited catchments
Sharma, Y. K., Kim, S., Sharma, A. & Batelaan, O., Sept 2026, In: Journal of Hydrology. 677, Part C, 19 p., 135944.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Editorial Journal of Hydrology: Increased flow leads to editorial change and innovation
Batelaan, O., Jul 2026, In: Journal of Hydrology. 674, 2 p., 135559.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Groundwater resources in the Greater Mekong Region: A review
Viossanges, M., Batelaan, O., Pavelic, P., Banks, E. W., Tam, V. T., Wongsomsak, S., Zaw, U. T., Zin, U. T., Oeurng , C., Ty, S., Srisuk, K., Pholkern, K., Saraphirom, P., Douangsavanh, S., Xayviliya, O. & Vongphachanh, S., Aug 2026, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 66, 23 p., 103560.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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