Biography summary
Steven is originally from Costa Rica, where he graduated as a Civil Engineer. He moved to Australia to complere a PhD in Environmental Engineering at The University of Newcastle, where he remained working as an Associate Lecturer until 2022. In March 2023, Steven started working at Deakin as a Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Steven's main interests is the study of interactions between water and the environment. His research focuses on eco-hydrologic and eco-geomorphic processes, with emphasis on the development of numerical modelling applications. In his doctoral and post doctoral work, Steven has developed models for simulating changes in environmental conditions of freshwater and coastal wetlands under different management scenarios, climate variability and other anthropogenic pressures. His modelling approach integrates the use of two dimensional flood models with on-site and remotely sensed data. These models are used to estimate the dynamic of vegetation in wetlands over time.
Research interests
- Eco-hydrologic modelling modelling
- Wetland system modelling
- Blue carbon
Teaching interests
- Water resources management
- Hydrology
- Water engineering design
- Hydraulics
Units taught
SEV322 - Hydrology and Hydraulics
Awards
Early Career Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle.
Publications
NDVI Response to Satellite-Estimated Antecedent Precipitation in Dryland Pastures
C Brieva, P Saco, S Sandi, S Mora, J Rodríguez
(2023), Vol. 15, pp. 1-21, Remote Sensing, Basel, Switzerland, C1
D Verdon-Kidd, S Sandi, A Metcalfe, L Kidd
(2023), Vol. 905, pp. 1-15, Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Juan Quijano-Baron, Rebecca Carlier, Jose Rodriguez, S Sandi Rojas, Patricia Saco, Li Wen, George Kuczera
(2022), Vol. 218, pp. 1-14, Water Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Australian forested wetlands under climate change: Collapse or proliferation?
N Saintilan, E Asbridge, R Lucas, K Rogers, L Wen, M Powell, M Colloff, J Rodriguez, P Saco, S Sandi, T Pham, L Lymburner
(2022), Vol. 73, pp. 1255-1262, Marine and Freshwater Research, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Assessing the effects of sediment and tidal level variability on coastal wetland evolution
A Breda, P Saco, J Rodríguez, S Sandi, G Riccardi
(2022), Vol. 613, pp. 1-14, Journal of Hydrology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
The role of soils in the regulation of hazards and extreme events
P Saco, K McDonough, J Rodriguez, J Rivera-Zayas, S Sandi Rojas
(2021), Vol. 376, pp. 1-10, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, London, Eng., C1-1
Accretion, retreat and transgression of coastal wetlands experiencing sea-level rise
A Breda, P Saco, S Sandi, N Saintilan, G Riccardi, J Rodríguez
(2021), Vol. 25, pp. 769-786, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Göttingen, Germany, C1-1
S Sandi Rojas, J Rodriguez, P Saco, N Saintilan, G Riccardi
(2021), Vol. 9, pp. 1-24, Earth's Future, Hoboken, NJ, C1-1
Neil Saintilan, Sharon Bowen, Owen Maguire, Sara Karimi, Li Wen, Megan Powell, Matthew Colloff, S Sandi Rojas, P Saco, J Rodriguez
(2021), Vol. 36, pp. 803-814, Landscape Ecology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1
Patricia Saco, José Rodríguez, Mariano Moreno-de las Heras, Saskia Keesstra, Samira Azadi, Steven Sandi Rojas, Jantiene Baartman, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, María Rossi
(2020), Vol. 186, pp. 1-14, CATENA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Resilience to drought of dryland wetlands threatened by climate change
S Sandi Rojas, Jose Rodriguez, Neil Saintilan, Li Wen, George Kuczera, Gerardo Riccardi, Patricia Saco
(2020), Vol. 10, pp. 1-14, Scientific Reports, Berlin, Germany, C1
Patch organization and resilience of dryland wetlands
Steven Sandi Rojas, Patricia Saco, Jose Rodriguez, Neil Saintilan, Li Wen, George Kuczera, Gerardo Riccardi, Garry Willgoose
(2020), Vol. 726, pp. 1-10, Science of The Total Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Predicting flow and vegetation status in floodplain wetlands during drought
S Sandi, J Rodriguez, P Saco, G Kuczera, K McDonough, L Wen, N Saintilan, G Riccardi
(2020), pp. 2144-2149, IAHR 2020 : River Flow : Proceedings 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Delft, Netherlands, E1-1
Detecting inundation thresholds for dryland wetland vulnerability
S Sandi, P Saco, N Saintilan, L Wen, G Riccardi, G Kuczera, G Willgoose, J Rodríguez
(2019), Vol. 128, pp. 168-182, Advances in Water Resources, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
PREDICTING THE RESILIENCE OF DRYLAND WETLANDS AFFECTED BY DROUGHTS
S Sandi Rojas, P Saco, L Wen, N Saintilan, G Kuczera, G Riccardi, J Rodriguez
(2019), pp. 4486-4494, IAHR 2019: Proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress, Panama, E1-1
S Sandi, J Rodríguez, N Saintilan, G Riccardi, P Saco
(2018), Vol. 114, pp. 135-148, Advances in Water Resources, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
J Rodríguez, P Saco, S Sandi, N Saintilan, G Riccardi
(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 1-12, Nature Communications, Berlin, Eng., C1-1
Simulation of the vegetation state and flow regime interaction in the Macquarie Marshes
S Sandi, J Rodriguez, P Saco, L Wen, N Saintilan
(2016), pp. 2013-2019, River flow 2016 : proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (River Flow 2016), St. Louis, USA, 11-14 July 2016, St. Louis, Mo., E1-1
LINKING HYDRAULIC REGIME CHARACTERISTICS TO VEGETATION STATUS IN THE MACQUARIE MARSHES
Steven Sandi, Jose Rodriguez, Patricia Saco, Li Wen, Neil Saintilan
(2016), pp. 218-225, ISE 2016 : Proceedings 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Melbourne, Australia, E1-1
Development of a vegetation dynamics model for freshwater wetland assessment in the Macquarie Marshes
S Sandi, J Rodriguez, P Saco, N Saintilan, L Wen, G Kuczera
(2015), pp. 948-955, The Art and Science of Water - 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, HWRS 2015, E1-1
Macquarie river floodplain flow modeling: Implications for ecogeomorphology
S Sandi Rojas, J Rodríguez, P Saco, G Riccardi, L Wen, N Saintilan, H Stenta, F Trivisonno, P Basile
(2014), pp. 2347-2355, River Flow 2014, Boca Raton, FL., B1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Feasibility study on the use of food waste disposers in Australia.
Dr James Gong, Dr Steven Sandi Rojas
Abey Australia Pty Ltd
- 2024: $6,952
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report