Evelyn Keaveney

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    United Kingdom

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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.

20122022

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Achievements

Member of the Royal Society of Biology

Research Statement

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. 

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

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