Rafael Chávez García Silva

Contact/ Address

Rafael Chávez García Silva
PhD student

Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Management (ASAM)
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany

rafael.chavez@ufz.de

ORCiD
Rafael Chávez

Curriculum vitae

Since Aug 2020

PhD student at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Management
Topic: Data-driven analysis of groundwater trends and drivers in the Mediterranean region

Feb - May 2020

IGRAC hydrogeologist intern

Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

Graduate researcher at IHE Delft

Sept 2017 - Sept 2019

M.Sc. TU Dresden, IHE Delft and IST Lisboa
Research topic: Hidden figures: What the current national survey data do not tell us about groundwater use in urban Sub-Saharan Africa

Feb 2015 - Aug 2017

Environmental analyst for urban planning in the Metropolitan Planning Institute of the Guadalajara metropolitan Area

Research topics

  • Groundwater level and quality time series
  • Trajectory and drivers analysis

Publications

  • Chávez García Silva, R., Grönwall, J., van der Kwast, J., Danert, K., & Foppen, J. W. (2020). Estimating domestic self-supply groundwater use in urban continental Africa. Environmental Research Letters, 15(10), 1040b2. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9af9