Staff

Staff

‌‌Prof Mark Healy, PhD, DEng

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Principal Investigator ‌‌

Phone: +353 (0)91 495364

Email: mark.healy@universityofgalway.ie 

Research interests:

Surface and subsurface processes with a particular interest in erosion and surface runoff of nutrients, solids and metals, and the measurement and modelling of leaching of nutrients through soil; greenhouse gas emissions; soil fertility; nutrient recovery; constructed wetlands; filtration; sequencing batch reactors; biosolids; composting; pesticide management and remediation; ecosystem services; and the effects of forestry activities, such as clearfelling, on the environment (nutrient loss, use of buffer zones, greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere).

Professional Record:

2019 - present    Personal (Full) Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Galway

2014 - 2019     Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering, University of Galway

2007 – 2014        Lecturer, Civil Engineering, University of Galway

2004 – 2007        Contract Lecturer

Prof Owen Fenton

Honorary Professor (University of Galway)

Phone: +353 (0)53 91 71271

Email: owen.fenton@teagasc.ie

Research interests:

Land drainage design, implementation and remediation of drainage discharges. Exploring the relationship between groundwater geochemical factors and denitrification potentials in agricultural areas. Source tracking of agricultural contamination in groundwater. Linking farm and legislative changes to groundwater in complex terrains such as karst aquifers. Investigating “time lag” between loses at farm scale and changes in water quality under the Water Framework Directive.

Professional Record:

2017 - present Principal Research Officer, Teagasc, Environmental Research Centre, JohnstownCastle, Wexford

2005 – 2016 Research Officer, Teagasc, Environmental Research Centre, JohnstownCastle, Wexford

2003-2005 Technician for the Hydrogeology group, Technical University of Munich, Germany