I am a hydrogeochemist with more than 35 years of experience in applied research into groundwater and water pollution issues. My major research interests are in the transport and fate of agricultural chemicals in the subsurface; the use of environmental tracers to determine groundwater flow and residence times; and biogeochemical processes in groundwater-surface water interaction. My work focuses on understanding sources, processing, and fate of contaminants in aquatic systems through developing novel analytical techniques and models I have disseminated my research work widely with more than 150 peer reviewed publications.
Daren Gooddy’s biography
- 2016 to present: Honorary Professor, Lancaster University
- 1998 to 2003: PhD, University College London
- 1987 to 1990: BSc Environmental Science, University of Plymouth
Research interests
- Biogeochemical cycling
Current projects and collaboration
- REFRESH: Researching the role of dissolved organic matter as a nutrient resource in freshwater ecosystems
- SMARTWATER: Diagnosing controls of pollution hot spots and hot moments and their impact on catchment water quality – Prof Stefan Krause
- Groundwater flow and quality
- AQUAROAD: Advancing groundwater quality in the global south: geochemical processes, remediation, optimisation & co-designed decision-making frameworks – Dr Laura Richards, University of Manchester
ORCID: 0000-0002-6015-1332
Key papers
- Gooddy, D C, Clay, J W, and Bottrell, S H. 2002. Redox-driven changes in pore-water chemistry of the Chalk unsaturated zone beneath unlined cattle slurry lagoons. Applied Geochemistry, 17, 7, 903–921.
- Gooddy, D C, Chilton, P J, and Harrison, I. 2002. A field study to assess the degradation and transport of diuron and its metabolites in a calcareous soil. Science of the Total Environment, 297, 67–83
- Gooddy, D C, Darling, W G, Abesser, C, and Lapworth, D J. 2006. Using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) to characterise groundwater movement and residence time in a lowland chalk catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 330, 44–52
- Stuart, M E, Gooddy, D C, Bloomfield, J P, and Williams, A T. 2011. A review of the impact of climate change on future nitrate concentrations in groundwater of the UK. Science of the Total Environment, 409, 15, 2859–2873. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.016
- Gooddy, D C, Macdonald, D M J, Lapworth, D J, Bennett, S A, and Griffiths, K J. 2014. Nitrogen Sources, Transport and Processing in Peri-Urban Floodplains. Science of the Total Environment, 494–495, 28–38.
- Gooddy, D C, Lapworth, D J, Ascott, M J, Bennett, S A, Heaton, T H E, and Surridge, B W J. 2015. Isotopic fingerprint for phosphorus in drinking water supplies. Environmental Science and Technology, 49, 15, 9020-9028.DOI:10.1021/acs.est.5b01137.
- Gooddy, D C, Lapworth, D J, Bennett, S A, Heaton, T H E, Williams, P J, and Surridge, B W J. 2016. A multi-stable isotope framework to understand eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems. Water Research, 88, 623–633. DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.046.
- Ascott, M J, Gooddy, D C, Wang, L, Stuart, M E, Lewis, M A, Ward, R S, and Binley, A M. Global patterns of nitrate storage in the vadose zone. Nature Communications, 8, 1416.
- McDonough, L K, Santos, I R, Andersen, M, O’Carroll, D M, Rutlidge, H, Meredith, K, Oudone, P, Bridgeman, J, Gooddy, D C, Sorensen, J P R, Lapworth, D J, MacDonald, A M, Ward, J, and Baker, A. 2020. Changes in global groundwater organic carbon driven by climate change and urbanization. Nature Communications, 11, 1279.
- Darling, W G, Gooddy, D C, Gulliver, P L, Scott, A M, and Ahearn, S P. 2023. Using environmental tracers to evaluate the preservation of palaeoclimate signals in aquifers of the London Basin, UK. Journal of Hydrology, 617, Part B, 128972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128972.
- Flint, E M, Ascott, M J, Gooddy, D C, Stahl, M O, and Surridge, B W J. 2023. Watermains leakage and outdoor water use are responsible for significant phosphorus fluxes to the environment across the United States. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37, 3, e2022GB007614.
Skills
- Development and implementation of groundwater residence time indicators
- Geochemical cycling using stable and radiocarbon isotopes in groundwaters
- Geochemical processes in deep aquifer systems
- Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on long term water quality trends
- Understanding the impact of agricultural practices on water quality
- Science Leadership
Professional association
- 2023 to present: Member NERC Pool of Chairs
- 2021 to present: Member NEIF Radiocarbon Steering Committee
- 2020 to present: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. FRSC
- 2016 to present: Honorary Professor – Lancaster Environment Centre
- 2014 to present: Associate Editor Science of the Total Environment
- 2012 to 2010: Assistant Scientific Editor (Hydrogeology) QJEGH
- 2010 to present: Member NERC Peer review college
- 2010 to present: Associate Editor Applied Geochemistry
- 2009 to present: Associate Editor Groundwater
- 2004 to present: CSci. Chartered Scientist
- 1996 to present: Chartered Chemist. CChem
- 1996 to 2020: Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. MRSC