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Javier Elío

Javier Elío

Associate Professor

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Biography

I am an engineer with 10+ years of research and teaching experience, with a solid background in statistics, spatial data analysis, and modelling. My main research area is environmental science, with a particular interest in natural hazards and climate change. Nowadays, I am Assistant Professor at Høgskulen på Vestlandet (Norway), and member of the research group Applied Marine Microbiology at the same university.

Interests

  • Environmental risk assessment
  • Statistics, spatial data analysis, and geostatistics
  • Geographic information systems
  • R language

Education

  • PhD in Environmental Science, 2013

    Technical University of Madrid

  • MSc in Environmental Research, Modelling and Risk Assessment, 2009

    Technical University of Madrid

  • MEng in Mining Engineering, 2008

    Technical University of Madrid

Skills

R

Statistics

Rugby

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Jun 2022 – Present Haugesund, Norway
Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering.
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoc

Aalborg Universitet

Feb 2020 – May 2022 Copenhagen, Denmark
Postdoc in Geioinformatics on Migration Modelling.
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Jul 2019 – Oct 2019 Haugesund, Norway
Data analysis and modelling.
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Trinity College Dublin

Jan 2016 – May 2018 Dublin, Ireland
Radon monitoring and mapping.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Technical Universityof Madrid

Sep 2014 – Dec 2014 Madrid, Spain
Write proposals for external funding and publish results in international journals.
 
 
 
 
 

PhD Candidate

Ciudad de la Energía Foundation

Nov 2009 – Nov 2013 Ponferrada, Spain
Surface monitoring of Hontomín CO2 geological injection site (Spain).
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Technical Universityof Madrid

Nov 2007 – Oct 2009 Madrid, Spain
Research the applicability of radiometric measurements to characterize soils contaminated by hydrocarbons.
 
 
 
 
 

Tunnel Engineer

Obrascón Huarte Laín S.A.

Jun 2005 – Nov 2007 Madrid, Spain
Construction of railway tunnel, AVE Colmenar-Soto del Real, Western tunnel (9.5 km).

Recent Posts

Geographical participation in the #30DayMapChallenge

I am curious about the geographical participation in the #30DayMapChallenge, so I thought it may be a good opportunity to learn the R-package rtweet and see if I can map from where people are twitting.
Last updated on Feb 9, 2022 3 min read
Geographical participation in the #30DayMapChallenge

Data visualization in R: animations

In the present post we will learn how to animate ggplot objects with gganimate. For that, we will create an animated map that represents the total population change in Denmark from 2008 to 2021.
Last updated on Mar 8, 2021 6 min read
Data visualization in R: animations

Data visualization in R: spatial data

In this tutorial we will see how to plot spatial data in R. We will use ggplot2 because we can apply what we already have learnt about creating graphs.
Last updated on Feb 23, 2021 14 min read
Data visualization in R: spatial data

Data visualization in R: line charts (cont)

In the previous post we saw how to plot line charts in R using the package ggplot2. I will continue with this topic and we will learn additional features that may be useful for data visualization, in particular:
Last updated on Feb 9, 2021 9 min read
Data visualization in R: line charts (cont)

Data visualization in R: line charts

My previous post was about how we can download data from Statistic Denmark. Here, we will use these data for learning to plot line charts in R using ggplot2.
Last updated on Jan 22, 2021 12 min read
Data visualization in R: line charts
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Projects

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All Radon Other

An All-Ireland Geogenic Indoor Radon Map

The project has investigated the use of Tellus radiometric data in the construction of an all-Ireland Radon Potential Map. Equivalent uranium (eU) from Tellus radiometric data were used to predict soil gas radon concentrations.
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An All-Ireland Geogenic Indoor Radon Map

Radon monitoring and hazard prediction in Ireland

A new high spatial resolution radon risk map of Ireland has been developed in this project, based on a combination of the indoor radon measurements collated by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland (n=31,910) and relevant geological information (i.
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Radon monitoring and hazard prediction in Ireland

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Migration studies with a Compositional Data approach: a case study of population structure in the Capital Region of Denmark

Apr 11, 2021 2:10 PM — 2:30 PM
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Migration studies with a Compositional Data approach: a case study of population structure in the Capital Region of Denmark

Methodology behind the first Pan-European Indoor Radon Map

Feb 28, 2020 9:00 AM — 9:30 AM
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Methodology behind the first Pan-European Indoor Radon Map

Alternatives for indoor radon mapping: an Irish case study

Feb 27, 2020 12:30 PM — 1:00 PM
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Alternatives for indoor radon mapping: an Irish case study

Featured Publications

November 2019 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
The first version of the Pan-European Indoor Radon Map

The first version of the Pan-European Indoor Radon Map

The first version of the Pan-European Indoor Radon Map is presented in this article.
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Recent Publications

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Hubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of carbon capture and storage. Case study in Spain

Many countries have assigned an indispensable role for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in their national climate change mitigation …
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Hubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of carbon capture and storage. Case study in Spain

Behaviour of smoldering fires during periodic refilling of wood pellets into silos

The evolution of smoldering fires in biomass stored in lab-scale silos with additional fuel material supplied repeatedly, has been …
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Behaviour of smoldering fires during periodic refilling of wood pellets into silos

Preliminary results from detection of microplastics in liquid samples using Flow Cytometry

Microplastics are globally recognized as contaminants in freshwater and marine aquatic systems. To date there is no universally …
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Preliminary results from detection of microplastics in liquid samples using Flow Cytometry

Application of airborne radiometric surveys for large-scale geogenic radon potential classification

Background: Indoor radon represents an important health issue to the general population. Therefore, accurate radon risk maps help …
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Application of airborne radiometric surveys for large-scale geogenic radon potential classification

Development of a Geogenic Radon Hazard Index—Concept, History, Experiences

Exposure to indoor radon at home and in workplaces constitutes a serious public health risk and is the second most prevalent cause of …
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Development of a Geogenic Radon Hazard Index—Concept, History, Experiences
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Popular Topics

30DayChallenge 30DayMapChallenge Accumulation chamber Campo de Calatrava CCS site selection CO2 CO2 emission hubs CO2 leakages CO2 storage Data visualization Europe FLOW porject Geostatistics Indoor radon Kriging R Radon Radon mapping Radon potential Soil-gas

Contact

  • Bjørnsonsgate 45, Haugesund, 5528
  • Monday-Friday 9:00 to 15:00
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