Mark Healy

Biography

Mark G. Healy attended the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway), where he obtained his BE degree. He obtained a MEngSc degree, through research, in the Department of Engineering Hydrology, NUI Galway and was awarded a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from the Department of Civil Engineering, NUI Galway. He worked as a Project Engineer for one year, before returning to lecture in the Department of Civil Engineering, NUI Galway, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer. In 2006, he became a Chartered Engineer and in 2011, he was made Fellow of Engineers Ireland. He was nominated for the President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence in three years (2011, 2012 and 2013), and was awarded the President’s Award for Research (Research Supervisor Award Category) in 2014.

Research Interest

Research interests include: surface and subsurface processes with a particular interest in erosion and surface runoff of nutrients, solids and metals, and leaching of nutrients through soil; greenhouse gas emissions; soil fertility; constructed wetlands; sand filtration; sequencing batch reactors; biosolids; composting; and the effects of forestry activities, such as clearfelling, on the environment.