Research interest:
• Numerical and computer modelling of hydrodynamics and water quality in waterbodies
• Limnology, eutrophication, and nutrient cycles in lakes and reservoirs
• Nonpoint source pollution monitoring, modelling and management
• GIS application on water quality, land use and land cover and climate change and watershed management
• Faecal indicator bacteria and metagenomics
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
June 2019 – present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic
September 2016 – January 2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy
Myongji University, 17058, South Korea
January 2011 – August 2016
Researcher
Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy
Myongji University, 17058, South Korea
April 2007 – August 2010
Researcher
Geographic Information System and Image Processing Laboratory International Rice Research Institute
Los Baños, 4031, Philippines
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
January 2011 – August 2016 (Spring semester)
Water quality modelling
Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy
Myongji University, 17058, South Korea
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
August 2010 – August 2016
Integrated MS and PhD Environmental Engineering
Department of Environmental Engineering & Energy
Myongji University, South Korea
Dissertation: “Stormwater Quantity and Quality Changes in Response to Land Development”
June 2002 – June 2006
BS Forestry
College of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Thesis: “GIS-Aided Biological Diversity Assessment of a Production Forest: The Case of SUDECOR, Mindanao, Philippines”
ACADEMIC AWARDS RECEIVED
Myongji University International Scholarship
Integrated MS and Doctoral Degree
August 2010 to August 2016
Yongin City, Gyeonggi-do, 17058, South Korea
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Biomanipulation as a tool for the improvement of reservoir water quality
Postdoctoral Researcher
June 2019 – present
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic administrate the support provided from European Union funds
Development of integrated estuarine management system
Postdoctoral Researcher
August 2016 – January 2019
Korea Institute of Marine Science &Technology Promotion
Development of advanced technologies for assessing nonpoint pollution in watershed
Postdoctoral Researcher
April 2015 – March 2016
Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute
Development of integrated estuarine management system
Researcher
November 2014 – August 2016
Korea Institute of Marine Science &Technology Promotion
Study of ocean total pollution load management system
Researcher
March 2013 – December 2014
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Development of advanced technologies for assessing nonpoint pollution in watersheds
Researcher
May 2011 – March 2015
Kyungpook National University Industry and Academia Cooperation Fundation
Study on improvement of marine environments in the Shihwa costal reservoir
Researcher
March 2011 – December 2016
Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute
PEER REVIEWER
Science of the Total Environment (February 2016 to present; >10 times)
Water Science and Technology (2017 to present; >10 times)
Desalination and Water Treatment (June 2014 to present; >15 times)
Ecological Indicator (July 2018 to present; >5 times)
Sustainability (November 2019 to present; >5 times)
PUBLICATIONS
Published papers in TR or SCOPUS listed journals
I. Salim, R. U. Sajjad, M. A. Paule-Mercado, S. A. Memon, B. Lee, C. Sukhbaatar and C.-H. Lee. 2019. Comparison of two receptor models PCA-MLR and PMF for source identification and apportionment of pollution carried by runoff from catchment and sub-watershed areas with mixed land cover in South Korea, Science of The Total Environment, 663, 746-775. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.377.
R. U. Sajjad,M. A. Paule-Mercado, I. Salim, S. A. Memon, C. Sukhbaatar and C.-H. Lee. 2019. Temporal variability of suspended solids in construction runoff and evaluation of time-paced sampling strategies, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191:110. doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7195-8.
Salim, I., M. A. Paule-Mercado, R. U. Sajjad, S. A. Memon, B.-Y. Lee, C. Sukhbaatar and C.-H. Lee. 2019. Trend analysis of rainfall characteristics and its impact on stormwater runoff quality from urban and agricultural catchment, Membrane and Water Treatment, 10, (1) 047-057. doi.org/10.12989/mwt.2019.10.1.047.
M. A. Paule-Mercado, I. Salim, B.-Y. Lee, C.-H. Lee, D. Jahng. 2019. Intra-event variability of bacterial composition in stormwater runoff from mixed land use and land cover catchment, Membrane and Water Treatment, 10, (1) 29-38. doi.org/10.12989/mwt.2019.10.1.029.
M. A. Paule-Mercado, I. Salim, B.-Y. Lee, S. Memon, R. Sajjad, C. Sukhbaatar and C. Lee. 2018. Monitoring and quantification of stormwater runoff from mixed land use and land cover catchment in response to land development, Ecological Indicator, 93, 1112-1125. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.006.
M. A. Paule-Mercado, B.Y. Lee, S.A. Memon, S.R. Umer, I. Salim, and C.-H. Lee. 2017. Influence of land development on stormwater runoff from a mixed land use and land cover catchment, Science of the Total Environment. 599-600, 2142-2155. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.081.
S. Memon, M. A. Paule-Mercado, S. Yoo, R. Umer, B.-Y. Lee, C. Sukhbaatar, and C.-H. Lee. 2017. Trend of storm water runoff pollutants temporal variability from different land use sites in Korea. Desalination and Water Treatment. 63, 433-441. doi:10.5004/dwt.2017.11455.
M. A. Paule-Mercado and C.-H. Lee. 2017. Calibration of the SWMM for a mixed land use and land cover catchment in Yongin, South Korea. Desalination and Water Treatment. 63, 381-388. doi:10.5004/dwt.2017.11441.
M. A. Paule-Mercado, J. S. Ventura, S. A. Memon, D. Jahng, J.-H. Kang and C.-H. Lee. 2016. Monitoring and predicting the fecal indicator concentrations from agricultural, mixed land use and urban stormwater runoff. Science of Total Environment, 550, 1171-1181. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.026.
R. Sajjad, K. Kim, S. Memon, C. Sukhbaatar, M. A. Paule, B.Y. Lee and C-H. Lee. 2015. Characterization of Stormwater Runoff from a Light Rail Transit Area.Water Environment Research. 87(9), 813-822. doi: 10.2175/106143015X14362865226356.
M. A. Paule, J.-R. S. Ventura, S. Memon, B.-Y. Lee, D. Jahng, M. Kang and C.-H. Lee. 2015. Fecal contamination in Yongin watershed: association to land use and land cover and stormwater quality. Desalination and Water Treatment. 53(11), 3026-3038. doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2014.922281.
L. Alfonso, K. Madarang, M. Lee, D. H. Lee, M. A. Paule, C.-H. Lee and J. Kang. 2015. Wet weather discharge characteristics of phosphorus and management implications in a mixed land-use watershed. Desalination and Water Treatment. 53(11) 3054-3065. doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2014.922290.
S. Memon, M. A. Paule, B.-Y. Lee, R. Umer, C. Sukhbaatar and C.-Hee Lee. 2015. Investigation of turbidity and suspended solids behavior in storm water run-off from different land-use sites in South Korea. Desalination and Water Treatment. 53(11), 3088-3095. doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2014.922312.
M. A. Paule, S. A. Memon, B.-Y. Lee, S. R. Umer and C.-H. Lee. 2014. Stormwater runoff quality in correlation to land use and land cover development in Yongin, South Korea. Water Science & Technology. 70(2), 218-25. doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.207.
M. A. Paule, S. Memon, B.-Y Lee, U. Raja, C. Sukhbaatar, J.-R S. Ventura, D. Jahng, J. Kang, and C.-H. Lee. 2014. Statistical Evaluation of Intra-event Variability of Fecal Indicator in Stormwater Runoff from Different Land uses. In: Ames, D.P., Quinn, N.W.T., Rizzoli, A.E. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, June 15-19, 2014, San Diego, California, USA. ISBN: 978-88-9035-744-2.
S. Memon, M. A. Paule, S. Park, B.-Y. Lee, S. Kang, R. Umer and C.-H. Lee. 2013. Monitoring of land use change impact on stormwater runoff and pollutant loading estimation in Yongin watershed Korea. Desalination and Water Treatment. 51(19-21), 4088–4096. doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2013.781105. (IF = 1.320).
B.-Y. Lee, S. Park, M. A. Paule, W. Jun, and C.-H. Lee. 2012. Effects of Impervious Cover on the Surface Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem of the Kyeongan Stream in South Korea. Water Environment Research. 84 (8) 635-645. doi.org/10.2175/106143012X13373550426878.
Published papers in Refereed but Non-TR or SCOPUS listed journals
M. A. Paule, J. G. Cuerdo, M.A. Reyes, A. Rala, J. van Etten, A. Nelson, and R.J. Hijmans, 2010. Mapping genebank collections. Rice Today 9(2): 30-31.
