Dr Nevenka (Nena) Bulovic
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
CWiMI
Nena is a water resource engineer with more than 10 years of experience in research, training and consulting. Her research interests primarily focus on improving knowledge-on and management-of regional water resources both today and into the future.
Nena Bulovic's research career has been diverse covering different aspects related to water resources, including climate change impact assessment, regional planning, water balance studies, sediment dynamics and freshwater ecosystem restoration. She is particularly interested in the application of remotely sensed data in data scarce regions including the Chilean and Peruvian Andes mountains, Mongolia, semi-arid Qld and NSW. As such, Nena has become proficient in various scientific programming languages and passionate about the opportunities of “big data”. Her research has been valuable to different stakeholders including the mining and gas industry, graziers, regulators, and environmental managers.
Her current role at SMI is focussed on the improvement of mine management and closure planning under climate change.
Book
Cane, Isabel, Schleger, Ashlee, Ali, Saleem, Kemp, Deanna, McIntyre, Neill, Lechner, Alex, McKenna, Phillip, Dalaibuyan, Byambajav, Bulovic, Nena and Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala (2015). Responsible mining in Mongolia: enhancing positive engagement. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Journal Articles
Kemanga, Benedictor, McIntyre, Neil and Bulovic, Nevenka (2024). Hydrological classification of mine pit lakes using modelling experiments. Journal of Environmental Management, 370 123057, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123057
Bulovic, Nevenka, McIntyre, Neil, Trancoso, Ralph, Bolz, Pascal and Shaygan, Mandana (2024). Downscaled climate model erosivity projections and drivers of change across distinct climate regions. Catena, 244 108250, 108250. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108250
Bulovic, Nevenka, McIntyre, Neil and Trancoso, Ralph (2024). Climate change risks to mine closure. Journal of Cleaner Production, 465 142697, 142697. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142697
Rochford, L. M., Bulovic, N., Ordens, C. M. and McIntyre, N. (2023). What makes them pump? Factors influencing groundwater extraction for cattle grazing in a semi-arid region. Agricultural Water Management, 279 108158, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108158
Rochford, Louisa M., Ordens, Carlos M., Bulovic, Nevenka and McIntyre, Neil (2022). Voluntary metering of rural groundwater extractions: understanding and resolving the challenges. Hydrogeology Journal, 30 (8), 2251-2266. doi: 10.1007/s10040-022-02548-8
Bulovic, Nevenka, McIntyre, Neil and Johnson, Fiona (2020). Evaluation of IMERG V05B 30-min rainfall estimates over the high-elevation tropical Andes Mountains. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21 (12), 2875-2892. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0114.1
Arnold, Sven, Bulovic, Nevenka, McIntyre, Neil, Finch, Warren K., Larsen, Joshua R., Reading, Lucy P. and Baumgartl, Thomas (2019). Event‐based deep drainage and percolation dynamics in Vertosols and Chromosols. Hydrological Processes, 34 (2) hyp.13592, 370-386. doi: 10.1002/hyp.13592
Keir, Greg, Bulovic, Nevenka and McIntyre, Neil (2019). Stochastic modelling of groundwater extractions over a data-sparse region of Australia. Groundwater, 57 (1), 97-109. doi: 10.1111/gwat.12658
McIntyre, Neil, Bulovic, Nevenka, Cane, Isabel and McKenna, Phill (2016). A multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the impacts of mines on traditional uses of water in Northern Mongolia. Science of the Total Environment, 557-558, 404-414. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.092
James, C. S., Bulovic, N. and Naidoo, E. (2011). Modes of bed-load movement on a smooth rigid surface. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137 (10), 1283-1286. doi: 10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0000400
Conference Papers
Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N., Trancoso, R., Bolz, P. and Shaygan, M. (2023). Bias-correcting regional climate models for rainfall erosivity projections: How much does it matter?. MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Darwin, NT, Australia, 9-14 July 2023. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. doi: 10.36334/modsim.2023.bulovic618
Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N., Trancoso, R., Bolz, P. and Shaygan, M. (2023). Evaluating downscaled CMIP5 and CMIP6 for rainfall erosivity projections. MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Darwin, NT, Australia, 9-14 July 2023. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. doi: 10.36334/modsim.2023.bulovic428
Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N. and Trancoso, R. (2023). Climate change risks to mine closure – Planning for a range of impacts. Life of Mine 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-4 August 2023. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Rochford, L. M., Ordens, C. M., Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N., Keir, G. and Hayes, P. (2022). Results from a program of stock and domestic bore metering in the Surat Basin, Queensland. Australasian Groundwater Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 21-23 November 2022.
Bulovic, N., Sari, D. R. and Sabaghy, S. (2019). Quantifying water volumes of ungauged lakes using optical satellite imagery and high-resolution lidar dems. 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Canberra, ACT Australia, 1 to 6 December 2019. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. (MSSANZ). doi: 10.36334/modsim.2019.H5.bulovic
Rochford, L. M., Bulovic, N., Keir, G., Ordens, C. M., Lockington, D. and McIntyre, N. (2019). Metered groundwater extractions for stock and domestic use in the Surat Basin, Queensland. Australasian Groundwater Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 24-27 November 2019.
McIntyre, N., McKenna, P., Bulovic, N., Lechner, A. and Cane, I. (2016). Water management challenges of rapidly developing mining economies: a case study of Mongolia. International Congress on Water Management in Mining, Santiago Chile, 18-20 May 2016.
Lechner, Alex Mark, McIntyre, Neil, Bulovic, Nena, Kujala, Heini, Whitehead, Amy, Webster, Anthony, Wintle, Brendan, Rifkin, Will and Scott, Margaretha (2015). A GIS tool for land and water use planning in mining regions. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 29 November to 4 December 2015. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: MSSANZ.
Thesis
Bulovic, Nevenka (2023). Value of satellite remote sensing for rain and snow estimation in the high Andes. PhD Thesis, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/563c3e3
Research Reports
Rochford, Louisa M., Miraldo Ordens, Carlos, Bulovic, Nevenka, Keir, Greg, Hayes, Phil and McIntyre, Neil (2023). Groundwater use measurement in the Surat Basin – Project completion report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
West, Camilla, Sabburg, Letitia, Arnold, Sven, Reading, Lucy, Mcintyre, Neil, Larsen, Josh, Bulovic, Nevenka, Bloomfield, Gemma and Finch, Warren (2018). Recharge Estimation in the Surat Basin. Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
Keir, Greg, Bulovic, Nevenka, McIntyre, Neil, Callow, Ian, Herbert, Christoph, Reading, Lucy, Costa, Felipe and Roux, Estelle (2017). Characterisation of current groundwater uses in the Surat and Bowen Basins. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.