Research output per year
Research output per year
Room 0G.032 - 63 University Road
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I am happy to speak to students who wish to undertake a PhD in Environmental Change; Climate Change; Biogeochemistry; Hydrology; Peatlands; Lakes and catchments; Ecohydrology; Extreme Events; Human-Environment relations; Human impacts.
Research activity per year
Member of the Royal Society of Biology
I am a NERC Independent Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, specialising in carbon cycling within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. My expertise encompasses tracing carbon pathways in aquatic system using novel radiocarbon (14C) analyses, including ramped pyroloxidation (RPO) techniques.
Currently, I lead a NERC-funded Independent Research Fellowship (2024) investigating permafrost carbon loss and its fate in aquatic systems, aiming to determine whether the carbon is buried or emitted, using the novel Ramped Pyroxidation method to trace carbon fluxes from catchments to lakes, rivers and oceans.
Previously I led a £52,752 NERC grant (NE/I01666X/1) developing a novel approach using radiocarbon as a biomarker alongside stable carbon isotopes (¹³C) to trace carbon sources in freshwater systems, particularly in Lough Erne.
In 2019, I led the establishment of the RPO facility at the 14CHRONO Centre, the first facility outside the USA, facilitating advanced carbon source attribution studies. My collaborative efforts with the Agricultural and Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and Natural England have been instrumental in advancing research methodologies.
I am also an elected member of the Royal Society of Biology, and UK Young Academy, with whom I engage for public outreach (FameLab 2025, New Scientists Live to translate my research into realworld impacts.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Keaveney, E. (Recipient), 29 Feb 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Keaveney, E. (Recipient), 19 Jan 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Keaveney, E. (Recipient), 14 Aug 2024
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Keaveney, E. (Advisor)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Keaveney, E. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Keaveney, E. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Keaveney, E. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Keaveney, E. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
10/10/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
10/11/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
20/06/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities