Dr Gabriela Dotro
Research Fellow
Location: Building 39, Cranfield campus
E: g.c.dotro@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x3336
Environmental Science and Technology
Current activities
Dr Gabriela Dotro works on a wide variety of wastewater treatment projects that address Severn Trent Water’s research and development needs.
Her main role is to contribute to the development, management and execution of R&D projects related to all aspects of wastewater treatment, facilitating the exchange of knowledge and expertise between academia and Severn Trent Water.
Dr Dotro is currently working on the development of an Early Warning System for the prevention of pollution incidents at treatment works with funding from Severn Trent Water, United Utilities and EPSRC.
She is also working on low energy wastewater treatment solutions with joint funding from Severn Trent Water and EPSRC and is also involved in a number of other research projects dealing with innovative wastewater treatment technologies, for the removal of conventional and emerging contaminants.
Dr Dotro is currently involved in managing MSc, PhD and EngD students.
Clients
- Severn Trent Water
- United Utilities
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Background
Dr Gabriela Dotro joined Cranfield University in October 2009. She holds an Ecological Engineering Degree from Universidad de Flores (Argentina), a Masters’ Degree in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary (Canada), and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Memphis (USA).
Dr Dotro started her work on low energy technologies for wastewater treatment during her Masters’ studies in Canada in 2001. She was awarded a Detomasi Award in recognition of the quality of her proposal for her Masters’ studies, and received a merit-based Herff Fellowship for her PhD studies, among several other fellowships and scholarships during her formal training.
After completing her PhD, Dr Dotro was awarded a Herff Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue her work on implementing constructed wetlands for tannery wastewater treatment in Argentina. She also served briefly as a lecturer on biological wastewater treatment processes at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Argentina before relocating to the UK in September 2009. She has presented her work at a number of regional, national and international conferences.
