Ph D Walsh Fellowship on Nitrate Loss to Water

Ph D Walsh Fellowship on Nitrate Loss to Water
Queen's University Belfast and Teagasc Johnstown Castle, Wexford

Project title: Nitrate loss to water from grassland

Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Watson, Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute, Northern Ireland (AFBINI), Dr. Roy Browne, Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Dr. Hubert Tunney, Teagasc, Johnstown Castle Research Centre, Wexford

Project aim: The aim is to study nitrogen losses to water from grassland and will complement other ongoing studies.

Background: Agriculture contributes nitrate to surface and ground waters. The project will study the effect two stocking rate treatments on groundwater nitrate and other nutrient levels, at Teagasc, Johnstown Castle. Groundwater monitoring wells will be installed and nutrient levels in water samples collected will be compared with nutrients in the top metre of soil using suction cups and soil samples.

Requirements: M. Sc. or at least a 2.1 Bachelor degree in environmental sciences, physical geography, biology, hydrogeology, hydrology, agriculture or related discipline.

The applicant will register for a PhD at Queen's University Belfast, and experimental work will be undertaken at Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland. The applicant should have a good working knowledge of English.

Scholarship: The Teagasc Walsh Fellowship provides €21,000 per annum for three years from which university fees are paid, currently €4,800 per year for EU nationals

For more information contact Dr Roy Browne r.browne@qub.ac.uk

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Closing date: Fri 31st August 2007 or when a suitable candidate is identified