TU Braunschweig
IGÖ - Abt. Umweltgeochemie
Langer Kamp 19c
38106 Braunschweig
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My research interests are centred around the cycling of metals in wetlands and lake systems. I have a particular interest in understanding the processes involved in metal deposition and accumulation, as well as in the interactions between these processes and the changes over time in different environments.
| 2019 | Outstanding Doctoral's Thesis Award, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| 2017 | PhD., Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| 2013-2017 | PhD-student under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| 2014-2015 | Early research scientist under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Martínez Cortizas at Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| 2013 | Outstanding Master's Thesis Award, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| 2013 | M.Sc., Environmental, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| 2012 | Lic.,Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain |
Polarstern expedition PS 133 Leg 1, Project: Island Impact
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Some of the highest concentrations of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean occur in proximity of the South Georgia Islands. These substantial algal blooms require a significant iron (Fe) source for their development. The objective of this cruise is to understand the sources and pathways of input of Fe and other nutrients (both macronutrients and trace metals) into South Georgia Island shelf waters and further downstream in the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). We will, therefore, investigate the main Island-derived (shelf) sources of Fe, nutrients, mercury and other trace metals including the impact of injection of these compounds by methane bubble ebullition and groundwater seepage. Seeps, groundwater, runoff and sediments may all play a role here.
The Island Impact is a research project leaded by Prof. Dr. Sabine Kasten from the Alfred Wegener Institute and is part of the Helmholtz Research Program "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" in PoF IV."
In the Island Impact project, the Department of Environmental Geochemistry (IGÖ, TU BS) will investigate the relation between mercury algae scavenging and Methyl-mercury formation in the water column with the bioaccumulation in the trophic web and the final accumulation in the sediments.
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This research project will be the first step towards disentangling the role of the first stages of peat formation in the accumulation and release of metals during peat accretion. This will help to better understand the effects that wet and dry conditions have over the control of those elements exported from peatlands and, thus, how climate change can affect these ecosystems.
DFG project 416811331 (2019-2021); Type: Research Grant Programme, Individual Proposal.
