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Cynthia Rieckhof Rivas

Position: 
Predoctoral researcher
Research: 
PAPILLONS: Plastic in agricultural production: impacts, lifecycles and long-term sustainability
Joining Date: 
02/2022
Address: 
IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
E-mail: 
cynthia.rieckhof@imdea.org
Short Bio: 

She graduated in Geological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid (2017). She received her Master's Degree in Geology and Environmental Management of Mineral Resources from the University of Huelva (2018).

She completed an internship as an outreach fellow at IGME (2017) and a master's internship as a geologist at Riotinto Project - Atalaya Mining (2018). In 2019, she collaborated as a geologist in the project 'Hydrogeological research in the environment of Sigüenza (Guadalajara) of the University of Alcalá (Madrid)'.

She worked for two years as a research assistant at the Physico-Chemistry of Actinides and Fission Products unit at CIEMAT, focusing on the physicochemical and rheological study of clay suspensions in the framework of deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

She currently works at IMDEA Water as a predoctoral researcher on the PAPILLONS Project 'Plastic in Agricultural Production: Impacts, Lifecycles and LONg-term Sustainability'. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101000210.