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1998: PhD, Queens University Belfast (QUB)
1994: BSc, QUB
Keynote speaker at 21st European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Lisbon; Invited lecture at the 24th International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Shanghai; Invited speaker at 4th International Conference on Biofilms 2022 (Asia-Pacific Biofilms); Editorial Board member Enzyme and Microbial Technology
I was appointed as an assistant professor in UCD in 2001 (associate professor, 2014; professor, 2017), and teach in the undergraduate programme in microbiology, and the postgraduate MSc in biotechnology and biotechnology and business. From 2015-2023 I was the programme director for the masters degrees in the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science. My research group investigates the biotransformation of xenobiotic compounds in microorganisms, with a particular focus on organofluorine compounds, such as PFAS, and drugs. I have acquired external grant funding from Science Foundation Ireland (now Research Ireland), Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Research Council and the EU, and supervised 22 PhD students to completion. I have published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. From 2011-2013 I was the Vice-Principal for Research and Innovation in the UCD College of Science and I am currently Head of School.
