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  • Viswanath Vittaladevaram

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  • Valeria Nico

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    I live in Limerick city with my husband and I work as a lecturer in the School of Engineering in the University of Limerick.

    I love playing sport and go for drives on the west coast of Ireland!

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  • Vaishnavi Honavar

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  • Umesh Lowe

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    I’m currently living in Dublin, doing my PhD studies at University College Dublin. I’m a sports enthusiast and love playing football, cricket, baseball, and badminton.

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  • Tommy Murphy

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    I live in Cork and am a PhD student in Tyndall National Institute where I research photonics, which is the study of light. I suppose my main hobbies would be soccer and video games.

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  • Tammy Strickland

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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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  • Somayyeh Bozorgzadeh

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  • Sheila Castilho

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    I’m a geek for technology

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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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  • Sanaz Rasti

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  • Sam Green

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    I am living in Sydney, Australia with my Australian partner but I’m originally from Waterford. I’m currently working as a software engineer in a climate change research centre but I used to be an Astrophysicist doing research in Dublin.

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  • Rosie Giglia

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    I am from the United States, but have been living in Dublin for 8 years. Outside of the lab, I like to swim in the sea, play water polo, make clothes, and cook!

     

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  • Roger Preston

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  • Rinki Singh

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  • Nicole Todd

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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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  • Minu Masliha

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  • Mike Simms

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  • Mike Hayes

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    I work in Tyndall UCC, an electronics research centre. My team develops tiny wireless power devices that use light, heat or vibration that enable us to replace batteries in wireless sensors. I am a big sports fan of golf, pitch and putt and tennis (which I play badly) and hurling (which I admire)! I’m also a trekkie.

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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

  • Maja Popovic

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    I love maths, languages and music. I hate getting up early.

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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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  • Keerthi M. Nair

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    Originally from India, I moved to Ireland in 2019. I’m a researcher by day, but also a lover for sweets, cakes and pasteries. I love baking (or as I like to call it, make my kitchen my lab, sometimes), going for walks, hikes and also love to dance. Ohh a fun fact about me: I’ve hitchhikers thumb (look it up if you haven’t heard it before- this is a small part of being a scientist- digging up stuffs out of curiosity) !!

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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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  • Jose Cortes

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    Hi all! I’m currently a researcher in electronic design for medical applications. I love traveling and I’m a big fan of space travel and science fiction.

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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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  • James Brown

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    I’m an Australian living in Ireland, who loves AFL and science fiction.

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  • Inés Có Rives

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    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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  • Harish Kambampati

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    I’m Dr. Harish Kambampati, a Neuroscientist and Biomedical Engineer with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Specializing in Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs).

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

  • Georgiana Ifrim

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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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  • Eleanor Windle

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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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  • David Kinahan

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    I’m from Kildare originally but live in Dublin. I love the gym and reading books. I recently bought a PS5 and have started to get back into gaming! I’m currently playing Uncharted 3 and Helldivers 2.

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  • Dasun Lahiru Muthumala Jayasooriya

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  • Danielle Orrell

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    My name is Danielle, I am a marine biologist that lives in West Cork.  I enjoy SCUBA diving, running and taking my greyhound Sadie for walks.

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  • Conor Ryan

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    I enjoy finding out about how things work and why people solve problems the way they do.

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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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  • asma slaimi

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    how is methane 30 percent of the climate change ptoblem

  • Aparna Nayak

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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.

  • Aisling Rehill

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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.

  • Aasifa Rounak

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    I am a mechanical engineer by training and I like to study the beautiful chaos theory to understand why plucking the string of a guitar causes a pleasant sound or if a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can really cause a tornado in Texas! I also love playing chess, watch Harry Potter and travelling.

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

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