About

Rodrigo Mosquera is an experienced scientist in the Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Engineering Institute (IMFIA by its acronym in Spanish) at the University of the Republic in Uruguay. He received an Engineering degree in Civil Engineering in Environmental Hydrodynamics and a PhD in Applied Fluid Mechanics at the same university. Dr. Mosquera’s interests include the study of estuarine, fluvial, and coastal transport processes, sediment transport and physical modeling of current and wave interaction with cohesive and non-cohesive sediments. Mixing field and laboratory experiments with mathematical and numerical models, his research includes both basic research questions and applied problems of societal concern, such as contaminant transport and algae blooms. Rodrigo’s research focuses on the physical transport processes in estuaries, coastal and fluvial environments as well as their interaction with sediments, organisms, and water quality. While Rodrigo has participated in field campaigns in Amazon and Connecticut Rivers, most of his fieldwork is focused on the Río de la Plata estuary, coastal and fluvial waters in Uruguay.

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Scientist/Researcher/Academic

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Universities and Academia

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Dr. Mosquera’s interests include the study of estuarine, fluvial, and coastal transport processes, sediment transport and physical modeling of current and wave interaction with cohesive and non-cohesive sediments. Mixing field and laboratory experiments with mathematical and numerical models, his research includes both basic research questions and applied problems of societal concern, such as contaminant transport and algae blooms. Rodrigo’s research focuses on the physical transport processes in estuaries, coastal and fluvial environments as well as their interaction with sediments, organisms, and water quality. While Rodrigo has participated in field campaigns in Amazon and Connecticut Rivers, most of his fieldwork is focused on the Río de la Plata estuary, coastal and fluvial waters in Uruguay.

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