Experiences to date includes the development of complex numerical models for the analysis of water resource management strategies, environmental and water resources management, hazard, and risk analysis. His qualifications encompass GIS analysis of remote sensing derivative products (including Landsat, Sentinel, UAV, LiDAR), geological, hydrological, hydrogeological, geomorphological GIS-based natural hazard mapping and risk analysis, numerical modelling, and optimisation. He has worked on projects in Australia, Comoros, Ireland, Grenada, Jamaica, Palau, Saint Lucia, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Samoa.
Dónal has expertise in all phases of hydrogeological and GIS project management, technical reviews, quality control, and reporting. He possesses expert-level knowledge of spatial analysis using GIS technologies, computer programming and scripting (Python & VBA) for automated processing, analysis, and visualisation of large datasets.