Dr. Sergio Carrero is geochemist and expertise in rock-water interaction. His research is focused on the structural and geochemical characterization of minerals formed in highly polluted and high salinity environments as well as on the analysis of geochemical gradients, metal mobilization and mineral alteration in natural rocks, implementing new-edge high resolution techniques as synchrotron radiation. He has also shown interest in the reactions which take place at the micro and nano scale between mineral surface with metals and anions in solution. The understanding and prediction of mineral reaction, metal and oxyanion behavior in surface and ground water requires the compression of all interaction between rock and water from metric to micro, and even nano, scale. This research interest entails significant contributions in critical aspects such as environmental remediation, circular economy in critical raw materials or knowledge transference between research institutions and industry.
With 31 articles in SCI journals, Dr Sergio Carrero has incorporated in IDAEA-CSIC as Ramón y Cajal Senior Postdoc since 2025, after 8 year of postdoc experience in national and international top institutions, such as University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and CSIC.
