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Mark G. Healy is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications related to Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research addresses various topics, including:

  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Mark G. Healy has published extensively in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their recent papers include:

  • The role of wet wipes and sanitary towels as a source of white microplastic fibres in the marine environment (2020) published in Water Research
  • Dairy processing sludge and co-products: A review of present and future re-use pathways in agriculture (2021) published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Impact of historical legacy pesticides on achieving legislative goals in Europe (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mitigating ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using agricultural waste, commercially available products and a chemical acidifier (2021) published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation of trichloroethylene occurs in a biochar packed column treating contaminated landfill leachate (2020) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Mark G. Healy has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Owen Fenton
  • Alma Siggins
  • Patrick Tuohy
  • Liam Morrison
  • Karen Daly

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in Sewage Sludge: Effects of Treatment.

    A.M. Mahon;B. O'Connell;Mark G. Healy;I. O’Connor

  • Treatment of dairy wastewater using constructed wetlands and intermittent sand filters.

    Mark G. Healy;Michael Rodgers;John Mulqueen

  • Impact of biochar addition to soil on greenhouse gas emissions following pig manure application

    Shane M. Troy;Shane M. Troy;Peadar G. Lawlor;Cornelius J. O' Flynn;Mark G. Healy

  • Management of landfill leachate: The legacy of European Union Directives.

    R.B. Brennan;M.G. Healy;L. Morrison;S. Hynes

  • Nitrate removal rate, efficiency and pollution swapping potential of different organic carbon media in laboratory denitrification bioreactors.

    Mark G. Healy;Tristan G. Ibrahim;Gary J. Lanigan;Ana João Serrenho

  • Characterization of compost produced from separated pig manure and a variety of bulking agents at low initial C/N ratios.

    Tereza Nolan;Shane M. Troy;Shane M. Troy;Mark G. Healy;Witold Kwapinski

  • The role of wet wipes and sanitary towels as a source of white microplastic fibres in the marine environment

    Oisín Ó Briain;Ana R. Marques Mendes;Stephen McCarron;Mark G. Healy

  • Treatment of landfill leachate in municipal wastewater treatment plants and impacts on effluent ammonium concentrations.

    R.B. Brennan;E. Clifford;C. Devroedt;L. Morrison

  • Long-term partial nitrification in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating ammonium-rich wastewater under controlled oxygen-limited conditions

    Jianping Li;David Elliott;Michael Nielsen;Mark G. Healy

  • Catalytic potential of selected metal ions for bioleaching, and potential techno-economic and environmental issues: A critical review

    Ashish Pathak;Liam Morrison;Mark Gerard Healy

  • Nutrient Processing Capacity of a Constructed Wetland in Western Ireland

    M. Healy;A. M. Cawley

  • Nutrient removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor.

    J.P. Li;M.G. Healy;X.M. Zhan;M. Rodgers

  • Surface clogging in an intermittent stratified sand filter

    M. Rodgers;J. Mulqueen;Mark G. Healy

  • The potential for the use of waste products from a variety of sectors in water treatment processes

    Maebh A. Grace;Eoghan Clifford;Mark G. Healy

  • Enhancement of bauxite residue as a low-cost adsorbent for phosphorus in aqueous solution, using seawater and gypsum treatments

    Mark G. Healy;Ian T. Burke;Patricia B. Cusack;Patricia B. Cusack;Ronan Courtney

  • Effect of Aeration Rate on Nutrient Removal from Slaughterhouse Wastewater in Intermittently Aerated Sequencing Batch Reactors

    Jianping Li;Mark G. Healy;Xinmin Zhan;Daniel Norton

  • Dairy processing sludge and co-products: A review of present and future re-use pathways in agriculture

    W. Shi;W. Shi;Mark G. Healy;S.M. Ashekuzzaman;K. Daly

  • Carbon and nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in constructed wetlands treating wastewater: a review

    Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;Karl G. Richards;Mark G. Healy;L. Gill

  • Factors affecting nitrate distribution in shallow groundwater under a beef farm in South Eastern Ireland

    Owen Fenton;Karl G. Richards;Laura Kirwan;Mohammed I. Khalil

  • Impact of historical legacy pesticides on achieving legislative goals in Europe.

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  • Mitigation of ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using acidifiers and chemical amendments

    I. Kavanagh;I. Kavanagh;W. Burchill;Mark G. Healy;O. Fenton

  • Organic carbon removal and nitrification of high strength wastewaters using stratified sand filters

    M. Rodgers;M.G. Healy;J. Mulqueen

  • Effect of sawdust addition on composting of separated raw and anaerobically digested pig manure

    Shane M. Troy;Tereza Nolan;Witold Kwapinski;James J. Leahy

Frequent Co-Authors

Owen Fenton
Owen Fenton Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Karl G. Richards
Karl G. Richards Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Gary Lanigan
Gary Lanigan Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Liam Morrison
Liam Morrison University of Galway
Peadar G. Lawlor
Peadar G. Lawlor Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Xinmin Zhan
Xinmin Zhan University of Galway
James J. Leahy
James J. Leahy University of Limerick
Rachel Creamer
Rachel Creamer Wageningen University & Research
Per-Erik Mellander
Per-Erik Mellander Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Martin Cormican
Martin Cormican University of Galway

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