Research at Trinity College Botanic Garden
Our uniquely private botanic garden is the ideal outdoor laboratory for a wide range of botanical, ecologocial and associated atmosphere and environment studies. Its variety of garden spaces - arboretum, sheltered wall garden, glasshouses, open planting and wild areas - privacy, and proximity to Trinity College main campus offer the type of space requirement for researchers from across Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences to gather important urban ‘field’ data. Indeed, from time to time the Garden is also host to researchers from other universities and state agencies conducting novel and cutting-edge research.
Research at Trinity College Botanic Garden
Our uniquely private botanic garden is the ideal outdoor laboratory for a wide range of botanical, ecologocial and associated atmosphere and environment studies. Its variety of garden spaces – arboretum, sheltered wall garden, glasshouses, open planting and wild areas – privacy, and proximity to Trinity College main campus offer the type of space requirement for researchers from across Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences to gather important urban ‘field’ data. Indeed, from time to time the Garden is also host to researchers from other universities and state agencies conducting novel and cutting-edge research.
Current Projects
ISO-TAISE
Dr Pete Akers, Discipline of Geography
The project: ISO-TAISE – Isotopic Tracing of Atmospheric Rivers and Irish Storm Extremes – is dedicated to improving our understanding of the moisture that fuels Ireland’s extreme storms and rain events. At the Trinity Botanic Garden, we have installed an analyser that continuously samples the water vapour currently present in the local Dublin air to measure the vapour’s stable isotopes.
C-CAPS
Prof. Jurgita Ovadnevaiteis, University of Galway
The Garden is currently being used by a team of researchers from University of Galway (UG) headed up by Prof. Jurgita Ovadnevaiteis. It is one of three dedicated field sites in a long-term study to characterise atmospheric pollution in Ireland. Continuous measurements of atmospheric aerosols are recorded by a series of high-tech monitoring instruments located in the Garden.
Past Projects
Read about recently completed projects located at the garden.
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate research projects involving work located at the garden.