May Rodriguez has recently joined Plymouth Marine Laboratory as an Earth Observation scientist. Her work at PML focuses on the ocean carbon cycle characterisation using remote sensing data, and the improvement of primary production models. She is currently working on the ESA SCOPE and the Simons Foundation CBIOMES project.
May has explored diverse aspects of water systems, ranging from hydrological modelling to water quality assessment. May has worked for two years as a research assistant in a Physical Chemistry laboratory focusing on water quality related projects, before starting her MSc in Water Engineering (University of Exeter). Her doctoral research at the QUEX Institute (joint programme University of Exeter and University of Queensland) focused on water systems’ resilience to climate change employing numerical modelling and machine learning. As a post-doctoral researcher at Eawag (ETH Domain), she furthered her research in water systems using deep learning approaches for sewage spills forecasting, whilst serving as a scientific assistant to the Directorate.
Furthermore, she is proficient in Python, GIS and is familiar with the usage of high-performance computer clusters. May also has two years’ experience in industry as an Engineer and has been involved in teaching at undergraduate and post-graduate level, as well as outreach programmes.
Key Projects
- Satellite-based observations of Carbon in the Ocean: Pools, Fluxes and Exchanges (SCOPE), funded by the European Space Agency (2024-present)
- Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modelling of Marine Ecosystems (CBIOMES), funded by the Simons Foundation (2024-present)
Selected Publications
- Rodriguez, M. et al. 2024. Do baseline model assumptions alter the efficacy of green infrastructure to reduce combined sewer overflows? Water Research, 253, 121284, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2024.121284
- Rodriguez, M. et al. 2024. The effect of green infrastructure on resilience performance of combined sewer systems under climate change. Journal of Environmental Management, 353, 120229, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120229
- Rodriguez, M. et al. 2023. Global resilience analysis of combined sewer systems under continuous hydrologic simulation. Journal of Environmental Management, 344, 118607, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118607
- Rodriguez, M., Bussi, J. and De León, M.A. 2021. Application of pillared raw clay-base catalysts and natural solar radiation for water decontamination by the photo-Fenton process. Separation and Purification Technology, 259, 118167-118167; doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2020.118167
- Rodriguez, M. et al. 2020. Exploring the spatial impact of green infrastructure on urban drainage resilience. Water 2021, 13 (13), 1789; doi:10.3390/w13131789
- Rodriguez, M., Lawson, E. and Butler, D. 2019. Water and Environment Journal, 34 (4), 623-633; doi:10.1111/wej.12539