MAITE MEAURIO ARRATE

Knowledge area

Petrology and Geochemistry

Department

Applied Chemistry

Centre

Faculty of Chemistry

Electronic mail

maite.meaurio@ehu.eus

She holds a degree in Geology (2008) by the UPV/EHU. In 2009, she took the International Curse in Hydrogeology (FCIHS, UPC) and afterwards she obtained a Master degree in Environmental Engineering (2010/2012, UC, UPV/EHU). In 2017, she was granted a doctorate in sciences (UPV / EHU) with the highest qualification. She completed a long-term pre-doctoral stay at the Texas A&M University, in the Spatial Sciences Lab and another post-doctoral stay at ECOLAB-Toulouse (CNRS).



Since 2009, she has taught in different departments of the UPV/EHU related to earth sciences and engineering. Currently she is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Faculty (UPV/EHU) where she teaches Geology having co-directed End of Degree Works related to water, sediments and soil quality. She is also a lecturer in the University Degree in Human Sciences (UPV/EHU) and in the Master in Environmental Engineering (UC, UPV/EHU).



She is a researcher in the Hidro-Environmental Research Group (group A, in the Basque university system) and she has been a researcher in regional and European projects. Her research is focused on the study of the impacts of climate change on the quantity and quality of water resources, soils and sediments, and on the study of possible adaptation strategies, especially focused on land uses. She also is studying the quality of the soils in urban areas.