Experience

Carbon Harvesters

• Ireland
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  • Developing a platform which enables farmers to monitor their emissions on a weekly basis, identify climate mitigation strategies, certify their green practices, and monetise their sustainable management. • Developing a platform which enables farmers to monitor their emissions on a weekly basis, identify climate mitigation strategies, certify their green practices, and monetise their sustainable management.



University College Dublin

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Researcher

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  • Developing biochar, grass-silage, and seaweed animal feed additives that mitigate agricultural climate change impacts while maximizing the animal performance of ruminants and monogastric. • Performing a dynamic life cycle assessment that optimizes process modeling and develops the business plan of protein-production novel technologies. • Identifying the diverse nitrogen and phosphorus cycles that take place in farms through data collection and experimental analysis.

• Tutor

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  • Collaborating with the Master in Sustainable Energy and Green Technologies by tutoring the online and in-class courses on Biomass Feedstocks and Biorefinery Process & Technology.



BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre

• Ireland
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sustainability Analyst

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  • Designing an LCA framework for measuring, verifying, reporting, and certifying the sustainability practices and environmental services of dairy farms such as methane emissions reductions and soil carbon sequestration. • Developing land management, animal feeding, grass-biorefinery, and renewable energy strategies to mitigate and displace greenhouse gases for achieving net-zero carbon emissions in a 250 dairy cows farm. • Characterising and quantifying the role of biodiversity in… Show more • Designing an LCA framework for measuring, verifying, reporting, and certifying the sustainability practices and environmental services of dairy farms such as methane emissions reductions and soil carbon sequestration. • Developing land management, animal feeding, grass-biorefinery, and renewable energy strategies to mitigate and displace greenhouse gases for achieving net-zero carbon emissions in a 250 dairy cows farm. • Characterising and quantifying the role of biodiversity in grassland in terms of soil fertility, radiative forcing, acidification potential, and overall resilience. Show less • Designing an LCA framework for measuring, verifying, reporting, and certifying the sustainability practices and environmental services of dairy farms such as methane emissions reductions and soil carbon sequestration. • Developing land management, animal feeding, grass-biorefinery, and renewable energy strategies to mitigate and displace greenhouse gases for achieving net-zero carbon emissions in a 250 dairy cows farm. • Characterising and quantifying the role of biodiversity in… Show more • Designing an LCA framework for measuring, verifying, reporting, and certifying the sustainability practices and environmental services of dairy farms such as methane emissions reductions and soil carbon sequestration. • Developing land management, animal feeding, grass-biorefinery, and renewable energy strategies to mitigate and displace greenhouse gases for achieving net-zero carbon emissions in a 250 dairy cows farm. • Characterising and quantifying the role of biodiversity in grassland in terms of soil fertility, radiative forcing, acidification potential, and overall resilience. Show less



TNO

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master Thesis Intern

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  • Designed an enzymatic hydrolysis biorefinery with a cascade approach for an offshore seaweed farm in the North Sea with an annual feed of 200,000 dry weight tons of Ulva lactuca. • Developed a conceptual value chain of Ulva lactuca, from cultivation of the seaweed to commercialization of a 40% protein extracted fraction and its polysaccharide ulvan. • Developed a wild harvesting supply chain for seaweed collected as a bycatch of shrimp fishermen in the Wadden Sea with an annual feed of… Show more • Designed an enzymatic hydrolysis biorefinery with a cascade approach for an offshore seaweed farm in the North Sea with an annual feed of 200,000 dry weight tons of Ulva lactuca. • Developed a conceptual value chain of Ulva lactuca, from cultivation of the seaweed to commercialization of a 40% protein extracted fraction and its polysaccharide ulvan. • Developed a wild harvesting supply chain for seaweed collected as a bycatch of shrimp fishermen in the Wadden Sea with an annual feed of 1,000 dry weight tons, including harvesting price negotiation and seaweed processing design. Show less • Designed an enzymatic hydrolysis biorefinery with a cascade approach for an offshore seaweed farm in the North Sea with an annual feed of 200,000 dry weight tons of Ulva lactuca. • Developed a conceptual value chain of Ulva lactuca, from cultivation of the seaweed to commercialization of a 40% protein extracted fraction and its polysaccharide ulvan. • Developed a wild harvesting supply chain for seaweed collected as a bycatch of shrimp fishermen in the Wadden Sea with an annual feed of… Show more • Designed an enzymatic hydrolysis biorefinery with a cascade approach for an offshore seaweed farm in the North Sea with an annual feed of 200,000 dry weight tons of Ulva lactuca. • Developed a conceptual value chain of Ulva lactuca, from cultivation of the seaweed to commercialization of a 40% protein extracted fraction and its polysaccharide ulvan. • Developed a wild harvesting supply chain for seaweed collected as a bycatch of shrimp fishermen in the Wadden Sea with an annual feed of 1,000 dry weight tons, including harvesting price negotiation and seaweed processing design. Show less



Soamso Cia. Ltda.

• Quito, Ecuador

• Project Engineer

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

  • Assessed methods for valorisation of invasive water hyacinth growing on hydroelectric reservoir, including biogas generation, biofuel manufacturing, and fertiliser production. • Designed an electricity generation plant with a feed of 9,000 acres of water hyacinth to power surrounding villages. • Analysed feed parameters such as heat of combustion, cellulose percentage, pH, energy efficiency and area density for use in the plant. • Assessed methods for valorisation of invasive water hyacinth growing on hydroelectric reservoir, including biogas generation, biofuel manufacturing, and fertiliser production. • Designed an electricity generation plant with a feed of 9,000 acres of water hyacinth to power surrounding villages. • Analysed feed parameters such as heat of combustion, cellulose percentage, pH, energy efficiency and area density for use in the plant.



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  • Investigated potential use of electrochemically-active microorganisms from acid mine drainage-affected sites for cathode oxidation in microbial fuel cells. • Characterised biofilms developed in cathode electrodes using linear sweep voltammetry. • Constructed and operated anaerobic reactor to enrich bielectrochemical organisms. • Tested chemical characteristics of anaerobic reactors using ion chromatography. • Investigated potential use of electrochemically-active microorganisms from acid mine drainage-affected sites for cathode oxidation in microbial fuel cells. • Characterised biofilms developed in cathode electrodes using linear sweep voltammetry. • Constructed and operated anaerobic reactor to enrich bielectrochemical organisms. • Tested chemical characteristics of anaerobic reactors using ion chromatography.



Instituto Nacional de Eficiencia Energética y Energías Renovables

• Ecuador
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Designed a 400 m3 anaerobic digester using the wastewater of Quito’s municipal slaughterhouse to produce approximately 200 m3 /day of biogas for water heating. • Developed an experimental plant to investigate the relationship between digester surface area and bacteria growth. • Analyzed wastewater samples for parameters such as total solids, volatile solids, conductivity, pH, and temperature. • Designed a 400 m3 anaerobic digester using the wastewater of Quito’s municipal slaughterhouse to produce approximately 200 m3 /day of biogas for water heating. • Developed an experimental plant to investigate the relationship between digester surface area and bacteria growth. • Analyzed wastewater samples for parameters such as total solids, volatile solids, conductivity, pH, and temperature.



Repsol

• Spain
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Collected and analysed water samples from rivers near refinery effluent. • Analysed potential implementation of an anaerobic digester fed with camp food waste for biogas production for heat generation. • Analysed suitability of drainage basins as control points in case of an oil spill. • Led a campaign for reduction of food waste produced by workers at the camp. • Collected and analysed water samples from rivers near refinery effluent. • Analysed potential implementation of an anaerobic digester fed with camp food waste for biogas production for heat generation. • Analysed suitability of drainage basins as control points in case of an oil spill. • Led a campaign for reduction of food waste produced by workers at the camp.



COTECMI Cia. Ltda.

• Ecuador
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Collected reference data for topographic surveys. • Analysed and amended drawings in AutoCAD. • Collected reference data for topographic surveys. • Analysed and amended drawings in AutoCAD.