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  • Vaishnavi Honavar

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  • Tianhao Zhang

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    I am a Ph.D. student at Trinity College Dublin, majoring in Computer Science. My research focuses on placement in edge computing. I am also passionate about photography, travelling, and football.

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  • Swati Mukherjee

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    I’m a PhD researcher studying how to create tiny materials that are invisible to the naked eye but can change the way surfaces behave. By using special techniques, I grow these materials one layer at a time to develop cool structures that can send information using laser light. This work is at the cutting edge of science, combining light and electronics to revolutionize communication technology!

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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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  • Sithara Sreenilayam

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  • Shane O'Reilly

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    I live in Kildare and am a lecturer and research scientist at Technological University Dublin

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  • Sarah Smoni Varghese

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    Hello! I am originally from Kerala, which is in south India. I moved to Dublin in 2018 and have been loving my time in Dublin so far! I love swimming and try to go for sea swims too!

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  • Rosemary Josekutty Thomas

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    I’m a real-world dreamer.

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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

  • Roger Preston

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  • 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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  • Rebecca Nkiruka Ndukwe

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  • Nouman Ghafoor

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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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  • Nicole Todd

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  • Niamh Disney

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    I’m a chemistry researcher from 9 – 5 but I love getting home to cook new dishes, watch my favourite minimal-living youtubers, and go for a run in the evening to reset and clear my mind of the day’s events. At the weekends I go hiking and do book clubs with my friends and visit my family as often as possible.

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  • Min Yap

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    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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  • Michael Nolan

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    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

  • Martin O'Connell

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  • Mark Germaine

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  • Mariagrazia Proto

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    I live in Co. Clare with my husband and I am a researcher at the University of Limerick. I love music, I love singing, I love nature (long walks in the forest and long swims in the Mediterranean Sea), and travel (if I could I would take a flight every weekend)!

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  • Maria Giovanna Caruso

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    I’m from Sicily, a sunny Italian island ☀️. I moved to Ireland in 2020 where I live with my partner ❤️ . I like cooking🍕 and spending time with my friends 🤸‍♂️

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    If you could have chosen another career in science what would it be and why?

  • Maeve Upton

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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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  • 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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  • Kamran Mir

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    With over 10 years of experience in EdTech research and training, I am passionate about enhancing the quality and accessibility of online education. I have received multiple international and national awards and fellowships for my innovative and best practices in open and distance learning. I have also published more than 20 research papers in various journals and conferences. My current project focuses on mapping learning analytics with learning designs to improve student outcomes and retention.

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  • Joan ALABOSON

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    I live in Maynooth and get to work as a health researcher every day. Some days I teach at the university and work at a charity that helps parents make the right health choices for their children. For fun, I love to ride my bike and bake cakes from scratch.

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  • Jill O'Sullivan

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    I’m a PhD student in Cork based in UCC. In my spare time I love to bake, listen to music and meet up with friends.

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  • Ibnu Taufan

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    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 Currivan

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    Bubbly, smiley space scientist/engineer. Who likes doing public outreach in her spare time!!!!
    Tweets by AstroHMFC

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  • Erika Duriakova

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    I am a mum, an animal lover and a computer scientist.

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  • Eleanor Windle

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  • Dimitra Psychogiou

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  • Daisy Das

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  • Claire Boles

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    I am based in Dublin but originally I’m from Co.Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. While becoming a Chemical and Bioprocess Engineer I played International rugby with Ireland and went to the Paris 2024 Olympic games. I really enjoy baking and going home to the farm.

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  • Cian Connolly

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    Mechanical Engineer living in Cork (Ireland).
    Enjoys Squash, Skiing and Lego.

    (a Mechanical Engineer works on real things that you can hold and touch)

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  • Brian McDonnell

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    I live with my partner and 3 year old son in Carrigaline, Co. Cork. I work in University College Cork, love movies and play badminton in my spare time.

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  • Benjamin Thébaudeau

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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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  • Ayesha Sharif

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    I am a researcher based in University of Galway. I am a physicist and material scientist. I do research on things, how they can be improved, find solution to problems and perform experiments to solve things.

    I look forward to meeting you all through this chat platform. 🙂

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    Was being a scientist the first job you wanted to do?

  • asma slaimi

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    how is methane 30 percent of the climate change ptoblem

  • 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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  • Andrew Connolly

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  • Andrew Butterfield

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    I live with my partner, two kids and one large dog in Dublin. I teach and do research in Computer Science during the week, and go Orienteering at the weekends.

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  • Alessandra Mileo

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    I am Italian. I am a proud mum. Ah, and I would have probably been a rock singer if I didn’t become a scientist 🙂

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    Have you ever tried work on a cure for cancer.

  • Abhinav Gautam

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