CV / Lífshlaup


Helgi Arnar Alfreðsson, PhD
Geochemist
September 2015

Origin: Born 9th July 1984, Sauðárkrókur, N-Iceland.
Wife: Júlía Katrín Björke, geochemist
Children: Halldór Björke Helgason, born 2007, Alfreð Vilhelm Björke Helgason, born 2014.

EDUCATION / MENNTUN:

2015              PhD degree in geology/geochemistry at the University of Iceland
2007              B.Sc. degree in geology at the University of Iceland

CAREER / STARFSFERILL:

2013              Independent contractor in environmental geochemistry and geothermal research
2011              Academic visitor at the Dep. of Earth Science, Oxford University.
2007              Part time borehole geologist at the Iceland GeoSurvey.
2006              Part time assistant driller at the Iceland Drilling company.

FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE / VINNA Í FELTI:

2013-2015     Hight temperature well sampling for gases, steam and brine chemistry.
2013-2015     High temperature well monitoring for tracers, including PFTs, 
                      NDS, methanol and ethanol.
2010              Field work during a fissure eruption volcanism - Fimmvörðuháls 2010; 
                      and a sub-glacial volcanism - Eyjafjallajökull 2010, incl. sampling of ash and
                      contaminated surface waters and glacial outburst floods.
2010-2011     Construction and testing of a downhole sampler for CO2 rich fluids and tracers
​                      for the CarbFix project, Hellisheidi, SW-Iceland
2008-2011     Low temperature well-head monitoring of aqueous chemistry for the CarbFix
                      project, Hellisheidi, SW-Iceland.

TEACHING / KENNSLA:

2009              Assistant teacher in a field sampling short course in aqueous geochemistry
                      during the International conference on CO2 sequestration processes in
                      Reykjavik, Iceland.
2010-2011     Teaching undergraduate students in geochemistry at the Institute of 
                      Earth Sciences, Uni. of Iceland, daily operation and maintenance of ICP-OES.

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE / REYNSLA Á RANNSÓKNARSTOFU:

  • X-ray Diffraction analysis
  • X-ray Fluorescence analysis
  • Ion cromatography (preparation and analysis)
  • Gas chromatography (sampling, preparation and analysis).
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis (including prep., analysis, and machine maintenance).
  • Isotopic geochemistry (sampling, preparation, analysis).

COMPUTER SKILLS / TÖLVUKUNNÁTTA:

  • Word processing: Microsoft Word, -Excel, -PowerPoint, Open Office, etc.
  • Graphical processing: Adobe Photoshop, -Dreamweaver, -Illustrator, -InDesign, -Flash, Sigma Plot, Microsoft Paint.
  • Aqueous geochemical modelling: USGS PhreeqC program, and Iceland GeoSurvey's WATCH program.
  • Basics in encodings: i.e. HTML, XML.

SOCIETIES / FAGFÉLÖG:


OTHER / ANNAÐ:

2008-2009   President of FOLDA, Society of Graduate Students in Earth Sciences,
                    Uni. of Iceland / Forseti Foldu, félags framhaldsnema í jarðvísindum við HÍ
2001            Iceland Driving license, category B. / Ökuréttindi, flokki B.
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