Employment Record

Since 1991:    Chief Scientist, Bord na Mona Research,

1976 - 1991:  Group Leader, Soils &Plant Nutrition, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture,                      Research Division,

1972 - 1975:  Agricultural Chemist Caroni Research Station Trinidad, West Indies,

1971 - 1972:  Consultant, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin,

1968 - 1971:  Post Doctoral Fellow, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin

Research Activities

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  Research on peat, composted bark, coconut waste etc as a growing media and soil amendment,
• Methods of chemical, physical and microbial testing of growing media and composted material,
• Nutrition of horticultural crops,
• Author and co-author of over 100 scientific publications in journals (e.g. Soil Science Society of America Journal), conference proceedings and several book and chapters
• Committee Member, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET)
• Committee Member, Environmental Standards Consultative Committee (ESCC), National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI),
• Chairman, Technical Committee, Compost Association of Ireland, CRE,
• Country Representative, Ireland, European Compost Network (ECN),
• Country Representatative , TC 223, CEN (European Standards Committee).