Jeffrey Newman
Lead Researcher - Catchments And Environment
Adelaide, South Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJeffrey Newman is a lead researcher in catchments and environment with over a decade of experience applying hydrology, modelling, simulation and optimisation to water security, catchment management and natural hazard planning. He blends scientific rigour from a long research tenure at the University of Adelaide with practical delivery at SA Water, building decision support systems, web portals and analytical frameworks that guide multi‑future planning and climate adaptation. Jeffrey is skilled across the technical stack—from spreadsheets to bespoke software and high performance computing—and excels at integrating interdisciplinary teams and stakeholder needs into usable tools. He has an international perspective from work in the Netherlands, Japan and China and a track record mentoring early‑career researchers while facilitating collaborative workshops that translate research into community outcomes. Quietly curious, he balances technical leadership with hands‑on interests in gardening, renovation and outdoor pursuits that inform his systems‑focused approach to environmental challenges.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Adelaide
Chinese
Github Skills (12)
visual-studio7
windows7
cpp7
cmake6
backend6
greenhouse5
linux5
water4
macos4
mpi4
pipe3
vcpkg1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jeffrey-newman/Geonamica-Optimisation
Oct 2016 - Oct 2019
Contributions:4 PRs, 78 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years
policyeditabledecisionoptimizationbackend
jeffrey-newman/WSMGA-with-Wrapper-and-Analytics
Sep 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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