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Email

rory.nathan@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Imperial College London
Graduate Diploma
Imperial College London
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-7759-8344

Prof Rory Nathan

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Infrastructure Engineering

243 Scholarly works
18 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Annual Streamflow and Flood Event Simulation for Future Water Supply—A Multiple Lines of Evidence Approach
    DOI: 10.1029/2025EF007314
  • 2026

    Other

    Using the 4-parameter Kappa distribution to model extreme rainfall
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-3218
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Incorporating natural variability in master recession curves
    DOI: 10.5194/hess-30-893-2026
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Bottom-up assessment of climate change vulnerability of a large and complex river basin using emulator models
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.103095
  • 2021

    Research Contracts

    Assessing Stressors and Risks to Victoria’s Wetlands
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Vulnerabilities for Environmental Water Outcomes in a Changing Climate
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Megadrought Likelihood and Its Water Resource Impacts in Australia
Rory Nathan

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2019
President’s Medal for “conspicuous service to the profession” Engineers Australia
2018
Munro Orator, awarded to a person eminent in the field of water resources in Australia. Engineers Australia
2005
W.H. Warren Medal for best paper published by Engineers Australia in civil engineering Engineers Australia
2000
National Civil Engineer of the Year Engineers Australia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Research and institutional priorities for assessing hydroclimate risks to Murray-Darling Basin Plan outcomes
    DOI: 10.1080/13241583.2026.2639540
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Evaluation and projection of extreme rainfall from a large ensemble of high–resolution regional climate models in Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2025.100818
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Stress testing water allocations across large river basins
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-025-04051-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The impact of climate change on dam overtopping floods in Australia
    DOI: 10.5194/hess-29-5851-2025
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Mitigating impacts of climate change on flow regimes through management of small dams and abstractions
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133583
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The contribution of floods to streamflow at yearly timescales: A global assessment
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133099

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Rare Event Simulation: Protecting Vital Infrastructure From Flood Extremes
  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Hydrologic Risk Assessment of Rural NSW Dams

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