Serena is a research fellow in the area of water resources management and environmental modelling. Her research has focussed on integrated assessment and modelling for improving understanding of system linkages and management of environmental resources and assets.
Background
- 2015 – present: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Science, ECU
- 2014-2015: Joint ANU-ECU Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment & Society, ANU, and Centre for Planning, ECU
- 2012-2014: National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), ANU
- 2006-2012: Research Assistant, Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre (iCAM), ANU
Professional Associations
- The International Environmental Modelling & Software Society
- The Integrated Assessment Society
Awards and Recognition
National and International Awards
- 2016: Early Career Research Excellence award from the International Environmental Modelling & Software Society
- 2014: Outstanding Reviewer award for Environmental Modelling and Software
- 2010: Student travel stipend to attend the Fifth Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Ottawa, Canada for paper ‘Bayesian networks for modelling habitat suitability of an endangered species’
- 2010: Commendation for presentation ‘Guidelines for Good Practice in Bayesian Network Modelling’, Fifth Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Ottawa, Canada
- 2008: Most Successful Paper Award from Mathematics and Computers in Simulation for ‘Artificial Intelligence techniques: an introduction to their use for modelling environmental systems’