Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of;
- Quantification of Ecosystem Services to Streams
Provided by Formerly Afforested Blanket Bog. This research would suit candidates with a strong Environmental Science (, including Earth Science,) or Environmental Engineering Background. Alternatively, activities could suit candidates with a strong field-based Biological Sciences background interested in diversifying their skill set into the area of Ecosystem Restoration.
Current Research Opportunities
Research students
| Name | Francis Mackin |
| PhD Title | Modelling blanket bog hydrological processes. |
| Country | Ireland |
| Name | Georgios Etsias |
| PhD Title | Laboratory based simulation of coastal salt water intrusion |
| Country | Greece |
| Name | Mark McDonnell |
| PhD Title | Development of a low cost tool for assessing risk of saline intrusion into coastal aquifers |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Name | Sorcha Cahill |
| PhD Title | Linking groundwater level fluctuations and water quality to vegetation and habitat condition in blanket bog ecosystems in Ireland. |
| Country | Ireland |
| Name | Alister Best |
| PhD Title | Towards improved characterisation of peatland subsidence |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| Name | Xinyao Yang |
| PhD Title | Influence of organic matter on colloid transport through porous media. |
| Current position | Professor at Shenyang University, China |
| Name | Joshua Thompson |
| PhD Title | Sediment dynamics in Irish agricultural catchments |
| Current position | Post doctoral research, Smithsonian Institution, USA |
| Name | Alison Orr |
| PhD Title | Nitrate fate and transport in Irish bedrock aquifers |
| Current position | Senior Scientist, Arup, Dublin |
| Name | Janka Nitsche |
| PhD Title | Hydrogeology of Irish low productivity fractured bedrock |
| Current position | Senior Scientist. Irish Environmental Protection Agency, Dublin |
| Name | Hugh Cushnan |
| PhD Title | Ecohydrology of Irish Raised Bogs |
| Current position | Senior Scientists, RPS Engineers, Belfast |