Dr John Dempsey

Dr. John Dempsey is a turfgrass scientist specializing in plant pathology. His career began in the 1980s with greenkeeping, culminating in a tenure as Superintendent of The Royal Curragh, Ireland’s oldest golf course, from 1993 to 2019. He holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Turfgrass Science from Myerscough College and a PhD in Plant Pathology from the University of the West of England, Bristol, completed in 2016. For the past number of years, Dr. Dempsey has conducted independent research on turfgrass disease management, nutrition, and surfactants, publishing extensively on infection processes and turf health. He has delivered presentations on his research at a variety of international conferences and seminars, addressing topics such as disease control, stress relief, defence activation, surfactant research and the role of phosphite in turfgrass. He has presented at numerous conferences and seminars in Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, USA, Canada, Icela