Visiting Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science
Senior Academic Officer & Head,
International Cooperation and Development Section.
Institute for Sustainability and Peace, United Nations University
Herath Anuma Srikantha
Profile
His previous positions include Associate Professor and Guest Foreign Professor at University of Tokyo (1991-2002), senior research engineer in industry, Tokyo (1988-1991), Research Associate in Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, (1983-1984) and civil and irrigation engineer in Sri Lanka (1980-1981). Dr. Herath holds Ph. D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo.
Research Interests
Dr. Herath engages in research and education in water security, climate change and natural disaster risk reduction. His postgraduate teaching and research currently focuses on global change impacts on environmental processes, especially related to hydrological and atmospheric process with applications in urban hydrology, flood forecasting, damage estimation, sediment transport and water cycle change assessment using physically based distributed hydrological modeling aided by Remote Sensing and GIS
Research Projects
- University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR)
- Comparative Studies on Development Strategies considering Impacts of Adaptation to Climate Change (CSDS-IACC)