Background
Sivapalan, Murugesu was born on April 19, 1953 in Puttur, Australia. Son of Sangarapillai Murugesu and Umadevi (Kanagasabai) M. arrived in Australia, 1988.
Sivapalan, Murugesu was born on April 19, 1953 in Puttur, Australia. Son of Sangarapillai Murugesu and Umadevi (Kanagasabai) M. arrived in Australia, 1988.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (honorary), University Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1975; Master in Engineering, Asian Institute Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 1977; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1986.
Research associate, Asian Institute Rech., Bangkok, Thailand, 1977;
senior consultant, Rocks & Stones Ltd., Ibadan, Nigeria, 1978-1981;
research associate, Princeton University, 1986-1988;
lecturer, U. Western Australia, Perth, 1988-1992;
senior lecturer, U. Western Australia, Perth, 1992-1995;
associate professor, U. Western Australia, Perth, since 1995. Head of department Department of Environmental Engineering, University Western Australia, Perth, 1996-1997. Lise Meitner fellow Austrian Science Foundation, Vienna, Austria,1995-1996.
Associate editor Journal of Hydrology, Amsterdam, since 1996. Hydrological Processes, London, since 1996, Environmental Modeling of Software, London, since 1997.
Member American Geophysical Union, International Association Hydrological Sciences, New Zealand Hydrological Society.
Married Banumathy Rajadurai Sivapalan, July 11, 1981. Children: Mayuran, Kavin.