Carlos J. Garrido, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Spain
Biography
Carlos Garrido is a research scientist working at the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, a Spanish Research Council and University of Granada research centre in Granada, Spain. He received his doctorate from the University of Granada and was a postdoctoral fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA) and Géosciences Montpellier (France). He investigates the processes involved in the formation and differentiation of the Earth’s oceanic and continental lithospheres, their interaction with the hydrosphere –and associated biogeochemical cycles– and the elemental cycles involved in subduction the hydrated lithosphere. His expertise is quite transdisciplinary, and combines field geology, geochemistry, petrology, thermodynamics and numerical modelling. He has served for many years the geochemical community as a member in EGU committees, and the editorial board in leading Earth Science journals.
Motivation for serving the EAG council
I am convinced that the key to promoting our science and careers in geochemistry is to effectively convey its value and impact to Society and scientists from other disciplines. Making decision-makers, Society and other scientists understand the value of geochemistry will greatly influence funding, visibility, and increase employability opportunities of our early-career scientists. As a councillor, I will strengthen outreach activities and develop new resources to empower our community skills in engaging with different audiences and exploring new inter and transdisciplinary collaboration venues with other research communities. I will foster early career support, gender equality, and representativeness minorities as crucial steps for a more equitable EAG, and partnerships with geochemical communities from emerging countries –often with limited funding—to ease their participation in EAG activities.