Sunny Yu

I'm a hydro-ecologist and water modeller with extensive research experience in hydrodynamic modelling, hydro-ecology of intermittent streams, and water resource management.
I used to work as Senior Hydraulic Engineer at Gold Coast City Council, developing and maintaining hydrological and hydraulic models of the citys catchments and river systems and providing technical support for the Citys Flood Emergency Decision Support System with his expertise in flood modelling.
Before joining the City Council, I worked as Research Fellow at Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University from 2019 to 2023, with extensive research experience in applying coupled hydrodynamic and water quality models to inform lake management and enhance drinking water security under climate change.
I'm interested in developing tools to facilitate hydrodynamic model applications. I published an R software package 'dycdtools'  that can help lake modellers automatically calibrate a widely used 1D lake model DYRESM-CAEDYM. The package also includes several visualisation functions to post-process lake model output for easy interpretation.