Javier Taboada Castro

Javier Taboada Castro is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering at the University of Vigo. His teaching responsibilities include courses such as 'Comprehensive Management of Mining Industries,' 'Safety at Work,' 'Drilling, Oil and Gas,' and 'Energy and Underground Space.' He has been actively involved in academic instruction since at least 2014/2015.

His research and professional activities focus on environmental impact assessments, sustainable resource exploitation, and renewable energy projects. He has supervised numerous student theses addressing environmental impact studies for wind farms, solar installations, marine energy platforms, and mining restoration plans. Notable areas of emphasis include geothermal systems, automated machine learning applications in mining, and geological resource analysis.

Key contributions include developing restoration plans for quarries and mines, evaluating infrastructure projects like highways and power plants, and assessing environmental integration of industrial facilities. His work bridges technical mining practices with environmental sustainability principles.