Pat Tuohy
Senior Research Officer
Research Interests
- Soil physical/hydrological properties and their characterisation
- Peatland Hydrology
- Design, installation and characterisation of land drainage systems
- The sustainable management of poorly drained soils
- The management and treatment of slurry and dairy soiled water
Current Projects
- DAFM RSF 2021R454: ReWet; Facilitating water table management on carbon rich soils
- VistaMilk9-PL8: Optimizing remote sensing technologies to aid soil characterization and catalogue existing drainage features
- DAFM: WASP: Estimating Soiled Water and Slurry Production on Dairy Farms
- RMIS 1381: Heavy Soils Research Programme – Phase II
- RMIS 2053: Refinement of the drainage status of grassland peat soils
- RMIS 1394: Quantifying the impact of hydrology on C and N cycling in organic and organo-mineral soils
- RMIS 0034: Agricultural land drainage – Theory and design training course
- RMIS 0846: Optimizing grazing infrastructure on dairy and beef farms
- RMIS 0386: Optimizing dairy farmyard infrastructure for the management and treatment of soiled water
Education
- PhD University College Dublin
- B. Eng (Civil & Environmental) University College Cork
- David Corbett
- Ian Byrne
- Ahmed Yousif
- Rumia Basu
