Research

Ongoing:

Formas Early-Career Researcher Grant (2024-2028) “Is groundwater flow a source of pharmaceutical pollution to the Swedish coast?”

Quantifying the role that submarine groundwater discharge and benthic fluxes play in delivering pharmaceuticals to the Baltic Sea.

Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Project “STE CECs“

Predicting Coastal Radon Activities Using Deep Learning

Construction of a deep learning model that accurately predicts radon in water activities using a global dataset from diverse aquifers.

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) dynamics in Kona, Hawaiʻi

Used autonomous buoys (called the SGD Sniffer) with long-term deployments to learn more about SGD dynamics. This research combined sensor development, field work, and artificial intelligence.

Groundwater inundation caused by increasing sea-levels in Hawaiʻi

Conducted a field-based geochemical study focusing on groundwater inundation of coastal wastewater infrastructure caused by increasing sea-levels on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) as a vector for contaminants of emerging concern to Sydney Harbour, Australia

Investigation into SGD as a source of pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals to Sydney Harbour.

The importance of ground and surface water inputs in driving pollutant fluxes in Kāneʻohe Bay, Hawaiʻi

Studied nutrient impact in both groundwater and surface water in streams and in the coastal ocean in Kāneʻohe Bay using radon as a tracer for groundwater.

Fukushima-derived fallout in the Hawaiian Islands

Studied Fukushima-derived fallout in soils and mushrooms along precipitation gradients in order to both quantify fallout concentrations as well as quantified the relationship between rainfall and radiocesium deposition.