About
Dr Sara Vero is a researcher and lecturer in agricultural and environmental science. She has worked extensively in soil science, water quality, plant nutrition, and land management. Her work has included field trials, long-term monitoring, case studies, catchment-scale sampling, and designing custom field equipment and arrays.
Sara's book 'Fieldwork Ready' is a primer on the principals of field research and aims to provide an accessible, no-jargon approach to the essential skills all outdoor-based researchers need.
Sara's book 'Fieldwork Ready' is a primer on the principals of field research and aims to provide an accessible, no-jargon approach to the essential skills all outdoor-based researchers need.
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Please get in touch!
fieldworkready@gmail.com
@FieldworkReady
You can listen to podcasts with Dr Vero at these links:
- Papa PhD - May 2022 papaphd.com/field-ready-postdoc/
- Hello PhD - October 2021 163. The 3 T's of Successful Field Research - Hello PhD
- Field, Lab, Earth - May 2021 Field, Lab, Earth: Fieldwork Ready with Dr. Sara Vero (libsyn.com)
- Meter Chalk Talks - April 2021 Episode 4: How to Be Field Ready - We Measure The World (metergroup.com)
- Planthropology - March 2021 42. Big Searchlights, Being Fieldwork Ready, and Kansas Summers w/ Dr. Sara Vero (buzzsprout.com)
Journal Publications
- Vero, S.E., Doody, D., Cassidy, R., Higgins, S., Nicholl, G., Campbell, J., Mellander, P-R., McDonald, N., Burgess, E., Daly, K. and Sherry, E. 2021. Comparison of soil phosphorus index systems for grassland in the cross-border region of Ireland. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202100194.
- Vero, S.E. and Doody, D. 2021. Applying the nutrient transfer continuum framework to phosphorus and nitrogen losses from livestock farmyards to watercourses. Journal of Environmental Quality. 50(6): 1290-1302. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20285
- Ascott et al., 2021. The need to integrate legacy nitrogen storage dynamics and time lags into policy and practice - ScienceDirect Science of the Total Environment. 781
- Vero et al., 2020. The Beast from the East: impact of an atypical cold weather event on hydrology and nutrient dynamics in two Irish catchments – ScienceOpen Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 59(1)
- Vero et al., 2020. Evidence and perception of phosphorus loss risk factors in farmyards - ScienceDirect Environmental Science and Policy. 114: 542-548
- Vero et al., 2019. Water | Free Full-Text | Sources and Mechanisms of Low-Flow River Phosphorus Elevations: A Repeated Synoptic Survey Approach (mdpi.com) Water. 11(7): 1497
- Vero et al., 2017. Developing a Conceptual Framework of Landscape and Hydrology on Tallgrass Prairie:A Critical Zone Approach - Vero - 2018 - Vadose Zone Journal - Wiley Online Library
- Vero et al., 2017. Review: The environmental status and implications of the nitrate time lag in Europe and North America. Hydrogeology Journal. DOI 10.1007/s10040-017-1650-9
- Fenton et al., 2017. Application of Dexter’s soil physical quality index: an Irish case study (teagasc.ie) Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 56: 31-39
- Vero et al., 2017. A framework for determining unsaturated zone water quality time lags at catchment scale - ScienceDirect Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 236: 234-242
- Fenton et al., 2017. Integrated assessment of agricultural nutrient pressures and legacies in karst landscapes - ScienceDirect Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 239: 246-256
- Datta et al., 2017. Tungsten Contamination of Soils and Sediments: Current State of Science. Current Pollution Reports. DOI 10.1007/s40726-016-0046-0#
- Vero et al., 2016. A methodological framework to determine optimum durations for the construction of soil water characteristic curves using centrifugation (teagasc.ie) Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 55(2): 91-99
- Fenton et al., 2015. Consequences of using different soil texture determination methodologies for soil physical quality and unsaturated zone time lag estimates - ScienceDirect Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 182: 16-24
- Vero et al., 2014. Consequences of varied soil hydraulic and meteorological complexity on unsaturated zone time lag estimates - ScienceDirect Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 170: 53-67
In 2018 I was featured on RTE's '10 Things To Know About....Soil.' Check it out on YouTube!
