Biography
Quentin Crowley is Associate Professor in Isotopes and the Environment at TCD. His research interests include geochemistry of the contemporary environment, radon as a natural hazard, magmatic and mineralising systems (particularly gold and porphyry deposits), detrital minerals in provenance studies, and biominerals as environmental proxies. Quentin is a mentor to an iCRAG funded post-doctoral researcher in the PPU spoke, supervises two PhD students and two MSc students at TCD, and co-supervises an additional two PhD students at UCC and TCD funded through iCRAG in the Marine and Raw Materials Spokes. Quentin is Director of the TCD Centre for the Environment, and Academic Lead for Climate-KIC at TCD.
Active iCRAG projects:
- The Role of Geosciences in Radon Risk Communication (GeoRadRisk).
- Coral Carbonate Mounds as archives in Submarine Canyon Exchange.
- Formation of Littoral and Offshore Irish Placer Resources relating to the Wicklow Granite (FLIPeR_Wick)
Role
- Funded Investigator
Institution
- TCD
Research Area
- Supply of Raw Materials, Safeguard the Geomarine Environment, Public Perception & Understanding
Expertise
- Ireland's Seabed, Mineral Exploration, Economic Geology, Geochronology, Marine, Provenance, Public Perception
