DrPablo Rodriguez Salgado

Dr Pablo Rodriguez Salgado is an Assistant Professor in Sedimentology at the UCD School of Earth Sciences. His research focuses on the evolution of sedimentary basins and the geological processes that control their stratigraphy, structure and subsurface properties. He combines sedimentology, structural geology and quantitative data analysis to investigate problems ranging from basin evolution and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction to subsurface storage and geothermal resources.

Before joining the UCD faculty, he held research positions at UCD and at iCRAG, the SFI Research Centre in Applied Geosciences. His work has contributed to national and offshore assessments of geological storage and geothermal resources, including the National Geothermal Database, GEONORM and G2C projects, as well as research on stratiform copper deposits.

His current research has a strong focus on the role of geological heterogeneity, fault systems and basin architecture in controlling fluid flow and subsurface storage. He is also a member of the Camp dels Ninots research team in Spain, where he studies a Pliocene maar–diatreme succession that provides an exceptional record of palaeoenvironmental and ecosystem change.

Across these areas, he has a particular interest in integrating field observations, subsurface datasets and computational approaches to understand geological systems and make better use of complex geoscience data.