Professor Carlos Rocha

Carlos Rocha is an Associate Professor in Environmental Change at the School of Natural Sciences, TCD. After graduating in Technological Chemistry with honours in 1991, he went on to obtain a PhD in Marine Chemistry "suma cum laude" at the University of Lisbon in 1997. His contribution to the field was recognized at an early stage by two national science awards (1999 & 2000) and a prestigious nomination for the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Lindemann Award in 2001. Before joining Trinity College, he was a lecturer in Biogeochemistry and the deputy director of the Centre for Marine and Environmental research at the University of Algarve, Portugal. Currently, Carlos teaches various aspects of Earth System Science at both under- and postgraduate level and leads the Biogeochemistry Research Group at Trinity College. Our research focuses on the study of processes affecting the transport, fate and impact of chemical species, including contaminants, in aquatic ecosystems. These studies aim to increase, for example, our understanding of carbon and nutrient transport, bioavailability and reactivity in the aquatic environment. Our ultimate goal is to comprehend ecosystem functional plasticity in response to anthropogenic pressure, climate change and biological activity, leading to increased knowledge on the resilience of marine systems to environmental change.

  Anthropogenic Impact on ecosystems   Biogeochemistry   Climate Change   Coastal Environmental Change   Coastal management and conservation   Coastal Processes   Earth Sciences for Climate Research   Earth Sciences Instrumentation   Environmental and analytical chemistry   Environmental Impacts, Interactions   Environmental Restoration/Remediation   Estuarine Sciences   Eutrophication   Fluid dynamics   Global Change   Ground, surface water hydrology   Isotope Geochemistry   Marine Biogeochemistry   Marine pollution   Marine Processes/ Chemistry   Ocean Chemistry   Oceanography   Sediment   Sedimentary Geochemistry   Shallow Water Bottom Interaction   Water Pollution   Wetland Ecosystems   Wetlands