education

PhD Sustainability Sience . Stockholm University, Sweden. 2023 - present.

M.Sc. Earth and Environment, Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management [cum laude]. Wageningen University, the Netherlands. 2020 - 2023.
Thesis: "Floating Macroplastic Behaviour in a Tropical Tidal River: Lagrangian observations of transport, trapping, and remobilisation."

B.Sc. Environmental Science. University of Southampton, UK. 2017 - 2020. Thesis: "An insight into the transport pathways and vertical distribution of riverine macroplastics."

conference presentations

R. A. Lotcheris, L. Wang-Erlandsson, J. C. Rocha Gordo. Remote sensing-based detection of resilience loss in the terrestrial water cycle. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April 2024

R. A. Lotcheris, N. Knecht, L. Wang-Erlandsson, J. C. Rocha Gordo. Remote sensing-based detection of resilience loss in the terrestrial water cycle. Swedish Climate Symposium 2024, Nörkopping, Sweden, 15–17 May 2024

R. A. Lotcheris, N. Knecht, L. Wang-Erlandsson, J. C. Rocha Gordo. Remote sensing-based detection of resilience loss in the terrestrial water cycle. Program on Ecosystem Change and Society 2024, Montreal, Canada, 15–18 August 2024

professional experience

UN Environment Program - DHI Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2023. Plastic transport modelling Intern.

Arcadis, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 2023. Student assistant vertical riverine plastic transport.

North Sea Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 2021. Student assistant beach litter data analysis.

The Ocean Cleanup, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 2018. River Research Intern.