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Miss Inge Elfferich
Graduate Demonstrator
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- ElfferichI@cardiff.ac.uk
- Main Building, Room Room 2.28, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT
Overview
I have a background in earth and environmental sciences and I graduated in 2020 from Wageningen University (The Netherlands) with a MSc specialisation in biology and chemistry of soil and water. I did both my BSc and MSc thesis at the department of aquatic ecology and water quality management with a focus on cyanobacteria and their related concerns in waterbodies being used for recreation or drinking water production. I also did an internship at the drinking water company Dwr Cymru Welsh Water looking into the potential of in situ sensors for the prediction of cyanobacteria related water quality concerns.
For my PhD research, I work with an interdisciplinary team of supervisors from Cardiff and Bristol University and I am working together with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water to apply my research to the real world directly. I'm investigating which in situ sensors and frequency of measurement is required in a real-time monitoring program to predict issues with taste and odour compounds in drinking water reservoirs.
Publication
2024
- Harris, T. D. et al. 2024. What makes a cyanobacterial bloom disappear? A review of the abiotic and biotic cyanobacterial bloom loss factors. Harmful Algae 133, article number: 102599. (10.1016/j.hal.2024.102599)
2022
- Reinl, K. L. et al. 2022. The role of organic nutrients in structuring freshwater phytoplankton communities in a rapidly changing world. Water Research 219, article number: 118573. (10.1016/j.watres.2022.118573)
Articles
- Harris, T. D. et al. 2024. What makes a cyanobacterial bloom disappear? A review of the abiotic and biotic cyanobacterial bloom loss factors. Harmful Algae 133, article number: 102599. (10.1016/j.hal.2024.102599)
- Reinl, K. L. et al. 2022. The role of organic nutrients in structuring freshwater phytoplankton communities in a rapidly changing world. Water Research 219, article number: 118573. (10.1016/j.watres.2022.118573)
Research
Research interests
- Water quality
- Cyanobacteria
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Nutrients
- Eutrophication
- In situ sensors
Presentations & conferences
I have presented some of my work to date for CIWEM Welsh Branch, Institute of Water and at various conferences (EGU, AQUA360 etc.). Please have a look at my abstract for EGU 2021 and attached poster, CO Meeting Organizer EGU21 (copernicus.org), if you're interested to learn more about my work on eDNA analysis for detection of taste and odour producing cyanobacteria.