Gerardo Gonzalez

Gerardo Gonzalez

Previous academic history:

  • MSc in Mining Engineer, (Mining Technologies and Explosives) - School of Mines, Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain (2000)
  • MSc in Hydrology (CEDEX. Spain) (2007)
  • PGD in Hydrogeology (FCIHS, Spain) (2008)

Research Interests

Water and mineral resource management and risk assessment

PhD title:

  • Environmental Risk Assessment for Carbon Capture and Storage Associated with Underground Coal Gasification.

Conferences attended:

  • 3rd International conference on underground coal gasification (London, February 2008).
  • The Inaugural European Carbon, Capture & Storage Summit (London, November 2007).
  • Minewater pollution and remediation (Newcastle University, October 2007).
  • CONAMA 8 ( Madrid November 2006).
  • Mineral Resources Assessment (Fundacion Gomez Pardo, October, 1994).
  • Mining Technology and Mechanization in Thin Coal Seams (Ponferrada, November, 1994).
  • Energy and Environment (Club español de la minería, December, 1994).
  • 4th International Conference on Underground Coal Gasification (London February 2009)

Presentations

EU-India workshop on Underground Coal Gasification (New Delhi, March 2009) Oral presentation: UCG with Carbon Capture and Storage

UKERC "Sustainable Energy UK: Meeting the science and engineering challenge" (Oxford, May 2008) Poster : "Is coal buried for ever?"

Publications

  • Younger, P.L., Roddy, D. J. and González, G. J. (2009) “King Coal: restoring the monarchy by underground gasification coupled to CCS”, 7th Petroleum Geology Conference. London, UK, 30th March – 2nd April. The Geological Society
  • Roddy, D. J. and González, G. J. (2009) “Underground coal gasification with CCS”, in Carbon Capture and Storage, Hester, R. E. (ed), The Royal Society of Chemistry (to be published)

Memberships

  • International Association of Hydrogeologists
  • North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (UK)
  • Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Minas del Centro (Spain)

Esteem indicators

  • Invited by the EU Comission as european expert to the EU-India Workshop on Underground Coal Gasification (March, 2009)