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Laurence GILL (IR)
Scientist in Residency with Kat AUSTEN
Biography Laurence Gill is a Professor in Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin. His research interests involve studying the fate and transport of both air and water-borne pollutants in the natural and built environment, the development of passive treatment processes, the ecohydrology of wetlands and the characterisation of karst hydrological catchments. Much of the work involves extensive field studies which are then used to develop mathematical models to gain further insight into the processes. He is one of 8 Principal Investigators who lead the country’s first Applied Geoscience research centre (iCRAG) and heads the Groundwater research spoke which focuses on karst hydrology.
In terms of artistic collaborations, Laurence was the curator for a public event in Trinity College Dublin entitled “Inception Horizon–a celebration of subterranean karst cave systems”. The event takes the audience on a journey underground, following the flow of water through song, sculpture, visual projections, uilleann pipe music and spoken word. It finished with the world premiere of a choral piece Inception Horizon by composer Norah Constance Walsh performed by the Mellow Tonics.
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