Team

Severino Ibánhez

Severino researches the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen across the sediment-water-atmosphere continuum in the coastal zone. He focuses on coastal biogeochemical hotspots (permeable sediments and submarine groundwater discharge, turbid river plumes, upwelling ecosystems, transitional water ecosystems), aiming to understand coastal functioning and resilience in response to current climate and anthropogenic stressors.

Based at the Marine Research Institute in Vigo, he leads the UNDERGROUND project. This is part of the Marine Science programme (ThinkInAzul) supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain and Xunta de Galicia, with funding from the European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. This project will develop new strategies for the integration of the widespread submarine groundwater discharge phenomena into coastal environmental quality assessment and monitoring programs

Eimear Prendergast

Eimear graduated with a BA in Earth Sciences from Trinity in 2021 and is part of the GRoundwater Age DistributionS for the Sustainable MAnagement of gRoundwaTer reSources in Ireland (GRADS & SMARTS, EPA Ref: 2021-NE-1045) research team.

Her PhD project explores the combined use of stable isotopes in water (ẟ¹⁸O and ẟ²H) and other environmental tracers, including ²²²Rn and Cl^–, to quantify young water fractions in Irish catchments, and help assess nitrate lag times for the sustainable management of water resources. GRADS & SMARTS is funded by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI)

Conor Smith

Conor graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Analytical Chemistry from TU Dublin in 2022 and is part of the GRoundwater Age DistributionS for the Sustainable MAnagement of gRoundwaTer reSources in Ireland (GRADS & SMARTS, EPA Ref: 2021-NE-1045) research team.

His PhD project explores the combination of stable isotope signatures of solutes in groundwater (ẟ¹³C in DIC, CO₂ and CH₄ and ẟ¹⁵N in NO₃^– and N₂O) with traditional water age indicators (CFCs, SF₆, ³H, ³H/³He and ¹⁴C) to resolve kinetic and biogeochemical controls over nitrate lag times in Irish catchments. GRADS & SMARTS is funded by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI).