Education

• Bachelor’s Civil Engineer. Engineering Faculty, Autonomous University of Yucatán. 2013
• Master’s Master's in Water Technology and Management. Engineering Faculty, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí. 2015
• Doctorate Natural Sciences. Institute of Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. 2021
• Post-Doctorate Research Fellowship. Engineering Faculty, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí. 2026

Current research

• Water security in socio-environmental systems

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Virgilio R. Góngora-Echeverría, Javier Castro-Larragoitia, Germán Giácoman-Vallejos, Antonio Cardona-Benavides, Avel González-Sánchez, Dario Cauich-Kau & Gonzalo G. García-Vargas. Spatial evaluation of groundwater pollution by pesticides in the agroindustrial hub “La Comarca Lagunera” in México: the anthropogenic. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 198. 26. 2026. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-026-15041-6#citeas
• Dario Cauich-Kau, Javier Castro-Larragoitia, Antonio Cardona Benavides, María E. García-Arreola, Gonzalo G. García-Vargas. An adapted groundwater quality index including toxicological critical pollutants. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 28. 15. 2025 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352801X24003242
• Dario Cauich-Kau, Thomas R. Rüde, Antonio Cardona-Benavides & Javier Castro-Larragoitia. Natural occurrence and controls of arsenic in groundwater in a semiarid basin in the Mexican Altiplano. Hydrogeology Journal. 30. 18. 2022. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10040-022-02562-w
• Dario Cauich-Kau, Thomas R. Ruede, Antonio Cardona-Benavides & Javier Castro-Larragoitia. Understanding arsenic and uranium sources and mobility in groundwater flow systems from two areas in San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Cerritos and Villa de Reyes Basins. RWTH Aachen University. 140. 2021 https://www.fb5.rwth-aachen.de/cms/georessourcen/forschung/publikationen/publikationen/~bbvzxu/details/?file=834455&lidx=1
• Dario Cauich-Kau, Thomas R. Ruede, Antonio Cardona-Benavides & Javier Castro-Larragoitia. Understanding co-occurrence and mobility of uranium and arsenic sources in groundwater flow systems in semi-arid zones in the Mexican Altiplano. EGU General Assembly. 1. 2020. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-461.html