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Professor Laurence Gill

Professor (Civil Struct & Env. Eng.)
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Professor Laurence Gill is Chair of Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin. His research interests involve studying the fate and transport of both air and water-borne pollutants in the natural and built environment, as well as the development of passive treatment processes. Much of the work involves extensive field studies which are then used to develop mathematical models to gain further insight into the processes. Prior to joining at Trinity College in 1999, he spent several years working in the UK water industry on the design of water and wastewater treatment processes for urban populations.
  Chemicals Transport   Civil Engineering   Coastal & Ocean Engineering   Coastal Engineering & Processes   Development in Africa   Earth science and hydrology   Energy and Climate Change   Energy Environmental Sciences   Energy from biomass (see Forestry also)   Environmental aspects of transportation   Environmental engineering   Environmental Impacts of Transport   Environmental Science   Fresh water pollution   Geothermal Engineering   Groundwater   Groundwater vulnerability and contamination   Hydraulics   Hydrogeology   Hydrology   Hydrology of limestone terrains   Ocean and Ocean Energy Systems   On-Site Wastewater Treatment   Photochemistry   Pollution   Process Development Engineering   Process Engineering   Renewable energies   River pollution   Sanitary Engineering   Sewage sludge   Solar   Solar Disinfection   Solar, Collectors/Concentrators   Solar, Heat Storage   Solar, Photochemical Conversion   Solar, Thermal Power Systems   Tidal and Wave Energy   Time Frequency and Wavelet Analysis   Treatment Processes   Waste Management, Recycling   Waste water treatment   Water & Sanitation   Water engineering   Water Monitoring, Quality, Treatment   Water Resources Engineering   Water Supply   Water Treatment   Wetland Ecosystems   Wetlands
 Wastewater treatment efficiency of subsoils and stratified sand filters
 Tracer Study Investigations into Reactor Mixing Characterisation
 An Examination of the Parameters Involved in the Design of a Continuous Flow Solar Disinfection Process
 The Hydrodynamics of Grit Particles Moving Round a Bend using Computational Fluid Dynamics
 Relative exposure to air pollution whilst commuting to work between transport modes

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Member of south Galway Flood Alleviation Committee (OPW, Galway CoCo) 2017
Expert advisor to Irish Water on the Kilfenora Wastewater Treatment Works upgrade 2019
External examiner for 9 PhDs 2014
External examiner for Newcastle University MSc Environmental Engineering 2020
Reviewer for research proposals for Swedish EPA 2021
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Basic Medium
Spanish Medium Basic Medium
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Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers 1999 present
Member of the European Geosciences Union 2016 present
Member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists 2014 present
The Environmental Impacts of On-Site Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems: Evaluating Embodied and Operational Life Cycle Performance in, Elgar Encyclopaedia of Water Policy, Economics and Management, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp261 - 264, [Gallagher J., Gill L.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Dubber D., Brophy L., O'Connell D., Behan P., Moloney M., Danaher M., Evans C., Geary P., Misstear B., Gill L.W., Using sterol profiles supported with other chemical microbial source tracking methods to identify human faecal contamination from septic tanks in rural catchments., Environmental Pollution, 341, 2024, p122884-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Blatnik M., Gabrovšek F., Ravbar N., Frantar P., Gill L.W., Assessment of climatic and anthropogenic effects on flood dynamics in the Cerkniško polje (SW Slovenia) based on a 70-year observation dataset, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 51, 2024, p101609-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
The Water Sources and Chemistry of Irish Holy Wells in, editor(s)Celeste Ray and Finbar McCormick , Holy Wells of Ireland - Sacred Realms and Popular Domains, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 2023, [Misstear B., Gill L., McKenna C., Foley R.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Vucinic L., O"Connell D., Dubber D., Crowley Q., Coxon C., L. Gill L., Microplastics in lowland Irish karst aquifers, 66th Irish Geological Research Meeting 2023, Belfast, UK, 3 - 5 March, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
O'Connell D., Zhang Q., Ferreira D., Sandstrom S., Goodhue R., Gill L., Hu Y., Phosphorus bioavailability and speciation dynamics within fluvial suspended sediments, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Criado Monleon A.J., Knappe J., Somlai C., Betancourth C.O, Ali M., Curtis T.P., Gill L.W., Successful characterisation of on-site wastewater treatment system biomats using the Microbes of Activated Sludge and Anaerobic Digesters (MiDAS) taxonomic database, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Sarkar Basu A., Gill L.W., The effect of nature-based willow system deployment at a catchment scale for flood control, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
McAuliffe F., Gill L.W., Walsh N.C., Inception Horizon: a case study in the science communication of groundwater through song, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
McAuliffe F., Gill L.W., Walsh N.C., Making the invisible heard: co-creating the sound and song of groundwater with a community choir, AGU 2023 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 11 - 15 December, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
  

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Gill L.W., Scanlon B., 'Protection of Groundwater and Wetland Ecosystems in Ireland and linkages to the Arts', The Water Resources Podcast, National Academy of Engineering, USA, National Academy of Engineering, USA, 2023, -, Broadcast, PUBLISHED
Coyle A., Curneen S., Gill L.W., Modification of willow evapotranspiration on-site wastewater treatment system designs following multi-annual monitoring programme of full-scale systems, Environ 2023 - 33rd Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, 3 - 5 April, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Gill L.W., Earth System Change Challenge - Connected Waters in Irish Catchments, iCRAG2021 Resources of a Sustainable Society, online, 2nd December , 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Draper S., McElwain J., Gill L., Inspiring Ideas @Trinity Climate Change - a multidisciplinary challenge, Inspiring Ideas @Trinity , Trinity College Dublin , 24th February , 2021, Trinity Development & Alumni, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Duran L., Gill L., Distributed numerical model of a karst aquifer: Manorhamilton spring (County Leitrim), GSI Groundwater Newsletter, 59, 2021, p11 - 14, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Cantoni E., Gill L., Misstear B.D.R., An assessment of climate change impacts on Irish groundwater, GSI Groundwater Newsletter, 59, 2021, p15 - 18, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Mooney D., Richards K.G, Danaher M., Grant J., Gill L.W., Mellander P-E., Coxon C.E., Investigating veterinary antiparasitic drugs as emerging contaminants in Irish groundwater, GSI Groundwater Newsletter, 59, 2021, p19 - 22, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McCormack T., Naughton O., Campanya J., Morrissey P., Gill L., New groundwater flood maps for Ireland, GSI Groundwater Newsletter, 59, 2021, p35 - 38, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Gill L.W., New research in hydrogeology: Trinity College Dublin, GSI Groundwater Newsletter, 59, 2021, p50 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Regan S., Swenson M., O'Connor M., Johnston P., Gill L., The effects of drainage on peat and greenhouse gas emissions, Peatlands and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Workshop, National Museum Ireland, Dublin, 7th February, 2019, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

  

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Invited Member of the IAH Karst Commission 2020
Project Exemplar 2015 award from InterTradeIreland collaboration with CDEnviro Ltd. 2015
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2013
Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Award 2011
Institution of Civil Engineers prize (Lancaster University) 1990