Dr. Jordi Palau

Dr. Jordi Palau is Hydrogeologist focused on the study of water contamination. Currently, he is a Postdoc at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology, University of Barcelona. His main research topic is the development of isotope methods to assess degradation processes of chlorinated aliphatic compounds in the subsurface. Stable isotope methods are an attractive tool to investigate transformation processes because they are associated with a characteristic shift of the isotope ratio of the contaminants. The major purpose is the use of compound specific dual isotope analysis (³⁷Cl/³⁵Cl,¹³C/¹²C and ²H/¹H) to obtain mechanistic information about the type of transformation and to elucidate the degradation pathway.