James Rambaud
Technologist - Carbon Emissions & SequestrationResearch Interests
- Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Greenhouse Gases and associated mitigation strategies
- Carbon and Nitrogen in agroecosystems
- Climate change
- Soil ecology, quality and health
Current Projects
I am currently working under the supervision of Prof. Gary Lanigan on the following projects:
- National Agricultural Soil Carbon Observatory (NASCO)
- Irish National Soil Moisture Monitoring Network (ISMON)
- SignPost Programme – Quantifying carbon sequestration in Irish grassland soils
- Abating Ammonia in Agriculture (Triple A)
- Quantification of Carbon fluxes from organic and organo-mineral soils (Carbosol)
- Manipulation and Integration of Nitrogen Emissions (MINE)
Education
- 2022 – EASA Drone Pilot Specific Category (STS01/PDRAS01) Qualification
- 2020 – BSc (Hons) in Land Management with Agriculture, Waterford Institute of Technology
- 2019 – Crop Nutrient Management QQI level 6
- 2014 – BSc in Agriculture, Waterford Institute of Technology
James has co-authored the following publications:
Biotic and abiotic predictors of potential N2O emissions from denitrification in Irish grasslands soils: A national-scale field study.DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108637
Nitrous oxide emission factors from an intensively grazed temperate grassland: A comparison of cumulative emissions determined by eddy covariance and static chamber methods.DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107725
Assessing nitrous oxide emissions in time and space with minimal uncertainty using static chambers and eddy covariance from a temperate grassland. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108743