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  • Victoria McTigue Fennell

    About Me:

    My name is Victoria. I’m from Clare but currently live in Cork for my research. I recently completed my undergraduate degree in pharmaceutical chemistry. I enjoy set-dancing, piano and going to the gym. I enjoyed chemistry in college and really liked my placement in a pharmaceutical company for the summer so I decided that I would like to become a researcher. I now live with my friends in Cork very near to UCC. Over the years I went to Science and chemistry balls at UCC which I really enjoyed.

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    UCC Science Ball with my secondary school friend.

    UCC chemistry society pizza night.

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    what is the coolest thing you discoverd

  • Vaishnavi Honavar

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  • Somayyeh Bozorgzadeh

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  • Somali Dhal

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    I am an international PhD student at UCC. I moved to Cork in May 2024. I love exploring new places and trying out new food/ dishes. I love fish and chips!

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  • Smita Patil

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    I live in Dublin with my husband and 2 year old daughter. I work as a postdoctoral researcher in RCSI Dublin. I love photography and travelling.

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  • Shipra Nagar

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  • Sheila Castilho

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    I’m a geek for technology

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  • Roisin Jones

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    I’m an Irish chemistry researcher, currently working for a pharmaceutical company called Thermo Fisher Scientific.

    Status: Splitting my time between working from home and working in the lab, and making increasingly elaborate meal plans!

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    how do bubbles melt

  • Rocco Lupoi

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    I am a friendly individual, with a wife and two kids. I like sports, in particular football, cycling and rugby. I am a mechanical engineer, and a fun of the lord of the rings, Batman, go-karting and hard-rock music

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  • Rinki Singh

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  • Rebecca Nkiruka Ndukwe

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  • Pawel Rulikowski

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    I live with my family in Dublin. I enjoy “finding out” fascinating facts of life and science. I love nature walks, meeting with friends and reading. My passion is telling others about wonders of our world.

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  • Norma Bargary

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    I am from Tipperary but live in Limerick with my husband and two daughters. I love sports, especially hurling, but can’t sing a note.

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  • Niamh Gurrin

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  • Monica Cazzaniga

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    Hi! I’m from Italy and I’m doing my PhD in microbiology in Ireland. I love nature, running and singing in the university gospel choir. My favourite food is of course pizza!

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  • Min Yap

    About Me:

    I’m Min, originally from Singapore, now working on better understand the bacteria that spoils our foods or makes us ill when we consume contaminated foods. I love going on walks, runs, cooking/baking and watching sports.

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    what bacterias make people feel really sick

  • Minu Masliha

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  • Mike Hinchey

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    I’m a software engineer, who has worked in the space industry (for NASA) and in universities in Ireland, USA, Australia and Sweden. Everyone assumes I love science fiction, which I don’t – except Red Dwarf, but that’s more comedy than sci-fi. One of my former students co-wrote the highest earning song of all time. Can you figure out what it is?

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  • Michael Nolan

    About Me:

    I am lucky to be a scientist and do the work that excites me – I find and show how to make new materials for future electronic devices like smartphones. I am also lucky to be able to help others in their journey to being scientists. And I get paid for it!

    Status: We are keeping the science going during this time

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    What are jobs you can do experiments with and lab work for

  • Megan Stamp

    About Me:

    I now live in Edinburgh, but I was born and raised in Dublin. During the day I can be found doing an Ecology PhD, but the rest of the time I like to do Jiu Jitsu 🥋, go for walks ⛰, bake 🍰, and go on mini-cycling adventures 🚵‍♂️.

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  • Martin O'Connell

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  • Marina Rubini

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    I live in Dublin with my husband and my two cats. I am a chemical biologist researcher and lecturer who loves to hike in the weekends. I love being outdoor, singing, and learning foreign languages.

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  • Maeve Upton

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  • Madhusanka Liyanage

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    Traveller, Photographer, and Foodie…

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  • Luke Molloy

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    I am a dad who lives in Athlone. I am a Civil Design Engineer who loves exercise and going sight seeing, especially hills, caves and coastlines. my favourite food is ice cream!

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  • Laura Foley

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  • Kynan Delaney

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    I’m a biologist who has spent the last few years studying how insects change with age in the wild and in captivity. I am very interested in ecology and behaviour, and I enjoy making gadgets and coding, so I have made my own tools to measure how beetles’ behaviours and physical abilities change with age, and to track individuals over weeks or months in their natural habitat.

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  • Kata Szita

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  • James Gleeson

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    I live in Nenagh with my wife, two sons and a dog.

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  • Inés Có Rives

    About Me:

    I am a Spanish PhD student researcher living in Cork. I love traveling 🌍, dancing ballet 🩰 and I am a bit of a bookworm (I absolutely adore Harry Potter) 📖.

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  • Ibnu Taufan

    About Me:

    I am a PhD student at University of Limerick. I love Math and Physics. In my free time, I like doing sports such as football, volleyball, and badminton.

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    What successes have you achieved so far?

  • Hannah Cleary

    About Me:

    I am currently living in Dublin, Ireland but I’m from Limerick. I’m a pharmacist and formulation scientist by day and a tennis star in the evenings. I love playing music (piano and violin) and trying out all the coffee spots around the city!

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    How close are we to fully understanding the human genome and its implications for medicine?

  • Emma Govan

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    I’m from Donegal but live in Maynooth. I’m a PhD student and I work on statistics. I love football and music and science!

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  • Elisabeth O'Flaherty

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    I live in Cork City where I work as a researcher 👩🏻‍🔬 In my spare time I love baking, yoga and sea swims 🌊🧘‍♀️

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  • Katya Koroteeva

    About Me:

    I am a physicist who I moved to Dublin few years ago.

    I love travelling, hiking and playing ultimate frisbee

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  • Eadaoin Carthy

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  • Dmitrii Briantcev

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  • Diarmuid Kenny

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    In my day job I look at different proteins and how they are affected when you take a drug using a machine called a mass spectrometer. When not looking at proteins, I do a from of martials arts called Tang Soo Do, I make model airplanes and I am a avid boardgamer

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  • Cyrille Thinnes

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    I am a scientist working in Digital Health at the University of Galway. I love hiking and learning Irish.

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    what country is the most eco friendly??

  • Carlota Márquez Graña

    About Me:

    I am a Spaniard who came to Cork 10 years ago to finish my Masters. Before I studied Industrial Engineering, specialised in Product Design and Manufacturing in Spain. It was amazing to be able to see the world with other perspective!

    Since I moved to Ireland, I have worked as a lecturer in the university. as a researcher, and doing other jobs in companies. I am working now as a project manager for research, and I love it!

    I love movies and music, I spend my weekend going into nature and taking pictures, and I love coffee and fruit!

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  • Brendan Mullane

    About Me:

    I live in County Limerick with my family and by day I am an Electronic Engineer doing teaching and research. I used to really love scuba diving when I was younger, but now I like swimming and playing golf occasionally.

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    Are there common misconceptions about your area of research that you wish more people understood?

  • Bianca Castelli

    About Me:

    Hi, this is Bianca! I’m originally from Milan, Italy, but I have been in Ireland for four years now! I am doing my research in the University of Galway and I specialise in diseases that affect the brain, specifically multiple sclerosis. I have too many hobbies but my favories are definitely cooking and aerial classes.

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  • Ben Bond

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  • Badal Mondal

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    I am a materials science researcher at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland. I love learning cool facts about life and science. I enjoy cooking, walking in nature, meeting friends, and reading books.

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  • Aoibhinn Downes

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    I am a PhD student in UCD 👩‍🔬. Outside of that I play social tag rugby and am currently training for a half marathon 🏃‍♀️. I love watching greys anatomy and the vampire diaries.

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  • Ann Chen

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  • Anik Khan

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  • Alice Parkes

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    Hi! My name is Alice and I’m from Limerick. I’m a PhD student carrying out research in pharmaceuticals. I love sports, travelling and going to watch live music with my friends.

     

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  • Ahmed Zahran

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    I live in Cork with my lovely wife and two sons.

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    Have you ever tried work on a cure for cancer.

  • Abhinav Gautam

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