Thomas McCarthy
Research Officer - Bioeconomy and nutrient efficiencyResearch Interests
- Circularity and the bioeconomy in Irish agriculture and primary production.
- Researching soil fertility in grasslands, nutrient cycling and crop production.
- Generation of soil specific fertiliser recommendations.
- Research interests also include bioeconomy, sustainable crop production, soil nutrient cycling and water quality.
Current Projects
BBioNets is a thematic network that relies on, promotes and further advances the work carried out by EIP-AGRI Operational Groups (OGs) with respect to the management and/or processing of agricultural and forest biomass with BBTs.
FaSTEN project (Farm Sustainability Tools for Efficient Nutrient Management). The FaSTEN project is developing new knowledge to improve nutrient use efficiency on farms. The project is building new understanding of soils and key technologies for efficient nutrient management.
Education
- BSc (Hons) Agricultural Science, Waterford Institute of Technology, 2020
- PhD. South East Technological University, 2025
Thesis title: “Potassium cycling in temperate grassland soils: Integrating soil fertility and fertilisation strategies with sustainable grassland productivity”
McCarthy, T. P, Wall, D. P, Forrestal, P. J, Casey, I. A, Humphreys. J. (2024). 'Circularity of potassium in a grassland-based dairy farm on a clay loam soil'. European Journal of Agronomy, volume 160, DOI: 127329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127329 (Published in September 2024).
McCarthy, T. P., Casey, I. A., Forrestal P. J., Humphreys, J., Wall, D. P. (2023). Researching production and environmental goals through soil specific potassium fertiliser advice for grassland. Conference paper. International Fertiliser Society Conference, Cambridge UK, 12th December 2024.
McCarthy, T. P., Casey, I. A., Forrestal P. J., Humphreys, J., Wall, D. P. (2023). Researching production and environmental goals through soil specific potassium fertiliser advice for grassland. Oral presentation at the International Fertiliser Society Conference, Cambridge UK, 12th December 2024.
McCarthy, T. P., Humphreys, J., Casey, I. A., Forrestal P. J., Wall, D. P. (2024). Soil Specificity of potassium dynamics in temperate grassland soils: A soil mesocosm study. Oral presentation presented at Environ 2024, South East Technological University, 26th March 2024. (Awarded best oral presentation in category)
McCarthy, T. P., Humphreys, J., Casey, I. A., Forrestal P. J., Wall, D. P. (2024). Potassium fertilisation advice & timings for grasslands. Teagasc Soil Fertility Virtual Conference, 11th March 2024.