People


Dr. Ramesh Babu

Dr. Ramesh Babu

Biopolymers and Bioseparation

Dr. Ramesh Babu is affiliated to the School of Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin. He has over 15 years of research expertise in polymeric materials, coatings and nanocomposites.

Dr Maurice N Collins

Dr Maurice N Collins

Lignocellulose materials

Dr Maurice N Collins is a senior lecturer in the School of Engineering at the University of Limerick. The principal focus of his research group is on the structure/property/processing relationships of biopolymers. He leads EU research programs in applications of lignin-based materials from the forest.

Prof Pat Guiry

Prof Pat Guiry

Medicinal chemistry

Prof Pat Guiry is faculty in University College Dublin, and Director of the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology.

Prof. Justin D. Holmes

Prof. Justin D. Holmes

Nanoscience and coatings/films

Prof. Justin D. Holmes is Professor of Nanochemistry in the School of Chemistry at University College Cork (UCC). He leads the Materials Chemistry & Analysis Group (MCAG) conducting research on the development of chemical methods for synthesising and assembling nanostructured materials for electronic, catalytic, energy and environmental applications. He leads the sustainability research strand in the AMBER centre.

Prof. Joshi

Prof. Joshi

Tree chemistry

Prof. Joshi is the Science Foundation Ireland appointed Stokes Professor of GlycoSciences at the National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland. His primary research interest is in the roles played by complex sugars in biological systems and technologies to study and understand these roles in maintaining health and during disease processes.

Dr. Michelle Kilcoyne

Dr. Michelle Kilcoyne

Animal health

Dr. Kilcoyne is a lecturer in Microbiology in the School of Natural Sciences at the National University of Ireland Galway. Dr. Kilcoyne’s main research interests are in host-microbe interactions, immune response, bacterial polysaccharides and biofilms, and development of carbohydrate analytical methods and platforms for analytics.

Prof. Mick Morris

Prof. Mick Morris

Polymer materials

Prof Mick Morris is the chair of Surface and Interface Engineering at the School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, and Academic Director of the AMBER centre. Prof. Morris’s work largely focuses on self-assembly of materials in thin films and green and sustainable chemistry.

Dr Fionnuala Murphy

Dr Fionnuala Murphy

Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment

Dr Fionnuala Murphy is an Assistant Professor in the UCD School of Biosystems & Food Engineering and is UCD Programme Director of the MSc Bioeconomy with Business, and Programme Coordinator of the MSc in Sustainable Energy and Green Technologies. Her research focuses on life cycle assessment modelling for the analysis of environmental impacts of a range of production systems, with a special interest in renewable energy systems

Prof. Kevin O’Connor

Prof. Kevin O’Connor

Bioeconomy

Prof. Kevin O’Connor is a full Professor in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology at University College Dublin. He is Academic Director of the BiOrbic bioeconomy research centre, and a leading national and EU champion for the bioeconomy. His research interests span the bioeconomy, biotechnology, biocatalysis, integrated biorefining, biomaterials, biopolymers, bioproducts, polyhydroxyalkanoate, and biopolymer applications.