Position:		Associate Professor
Qualifications:		B.Sc., M.Sc., PHD, Pr.Sci.Nat.
Office Block:		Office Nr 125 Block H1 Westville Campus
Telephone: Fax: Email:		+27 31 260 7380 +27 31 260 2280 demliem@ukzn.ac.za

Biographical sketch

Academic Profile

Professional Activities

• Reviewer various national and international Scientific journals
• External Moderator (UFH and Wits University)
• M.Sc. and PHD examiner (UFH, UP, UJ, Northwest University, University of Free State, Wits University
• Reviewer for WRC and NRF research project proposals
• Community Activities
• Steering committee member for various WRC research projects
• Work with DWS and other government institutions on groundwater issues

Current Teaching/Courses

• Environmental Geology (Geol 313)
• Hydrogeology (Geol 321)
• Pollution Studies (Geol 712)
• Mines Field Class (Geol 706)

Research Interests /Areas of Specialty

• Hydrogeological system analysis and aquifer characterization
• Hydrochemistry and isotope hydrology
• Surface water – groundwater interactions
• Conceptual hydrogeological modeling
• Numerical Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling
• Hydrogeological Aspects of EIA
• Urban hydrogeology

Research Projects

• Hydrogeology of the Maputaland Coastal Plain
• Origin, recharge altitude and hydrogeochemical characterization of thermal springs across KZN
• Regional hydrogeology of Eastern South Africa
• Urban hydrogeology of the Greater Durban area
• Hydrology of Ethiopian Highland Lakes and Urban hydrogeology of Addis Ababa
• Hydrogeochemistry of the northern KZN Coal mining districts

Academic Service

• Teaching at the undergraduate and post graduate level
• Supervision of Honours, M.Sc. and PHD research projects
• Undertaking research on in the broad areas of hydrogeology
• Research paper presentation at national and international scientific conferences

Publications

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