We are always looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see openings) !
Lab PI.; Assoc. Prof. 2022- (Physics/Natural Sciences, University of Galway); Vice-Dean for Research & Innovation, College of Science & Engineering, University of Galway (2023-)
email: aaron.golden@universityofgalway.ie
SFI Postdoc, started March 2024
Pearse is working methods to determine subterranean soil moisture remotely using earth observation based synthetic aperture radar.
email: pearse.murphy@universityofgalway.ie
SFI Postdoc, started January 2023
Michael is working on the application of AI & statistical analytics to earth observation data.
email: michael.geever@universityofgalway.ie
SFI Postdoc, started January 2023
Dúalta is working on the development of novel AI models to track and characterise the effects of climate change on biomass cycles.
email: dualta.ofionnagain@universityofgalway.ie
Research Associate, started September 2022
Dr. Codyre is the TAPAS Programme Manager, focused on leveraging advanced digital technologies to address complex societal challenges. Her work explores novel AI approaches in current research on climate change, public health, and data analytics to support informed policy development.
email: patricia.codyre@universityofgalway.ie
PhD Student, started Oct 2019
Parisa is studying the radiomics/radiogenomics of lung cancer.
email: P.TaheriForoushani1@universityofgalway.ie
PhD Student, started Oct 2020
Deirdre is studying stellar magnetospheres using radio and optical observational data.
email: d.nichonchubhair1@universityofgalway.ie
PhD Student, started Oct 2021
Sai is using radio pulsars to remotely sense the interstellar and interplanetary medium.
email: s.susarla1@universityofgalway.ie
PhD Student, started September 2021
Mick is exploring the use of high cadence optical imaging to the study of planetary bodies in our solar system.
email: m.ryan109@universityofgalway.ie
ICAT Fellow, started July 2023
Dr. Woods is working with novel imaging, applied statistical & ML methods to the diagnosis and staging of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathies.
email: woodsbr@tcd.ie
Research Assistant on the TAPAS project, started February 2023
Jemima is an expert in the development and deployment of data science solutions to a range of environmental and climate science problems using earth observation data.
email: jemima.ofarrell@universityofgalway.ie
ICAT Fellow, started July 2024
Dr Kiely is working on combining hyperspectral/3D imaging and clinical biomarkers to diagnose, stage and determine the prognosis of localized scleroderma, otherwise known as Morphea.
email: lkiely@gmail.com
School of Natural Sciences (Physics) Summer Intern 2024
Conor worked with Sai Chaitanya Susarla on the identification of bright pulses of radio emission from nearby pulsars using the I-LOFAR radio telescope.
School of Natural Sciences (Physics) Summer Intern 2023
Eoin analysed SuperDARN observations of recent coronal mass ejection impacts and their associated aurora.
HRB Summer Scholarship Programme, Summer 2023
Eva worked with Dr. Sian McGarel (University Hospital Galway) on the genomics of adrenocortical carcinoma.
Erasmus+ Internship Programme 2022.
Elif worked on data taken with the I-LOFAR radiotelescope to detect Uranian electrostatic discharges.
Final Year Project (School of Physics), 2021-2022.
Jemima worked on methods to analyse data from the Hale Telescope’s CHIMERA high-speed imaging camera.
School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Internship Programme, Summer 2021.
David used the I-LOFAR telescope to study the radio emissio from a nearby pulsar.
Role: Sumiara completed her PhD on the immunotherapeutic potential of long non-coding RNA expression in solid cancers in 2024
Dr. Malik is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Walton Institute, South East Technological University, contributing to the PRIME project.
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2023
Role: Ross worked as a Research Assistant on the TAPAS project
Ross lead the development of statistical models applied to crop yield production.
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2022-2023
Role: Yared worked as a Research Assistant on the TAPAS project
He did a terrific job on studying the impact of climate change on agronomy practises.
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2021-2022
Role: Katie completed a MSc (Res) on the transient optical emission from nearby brown dwarfs
Katie currently works as a data scientist for Plasmabound in Dublin.
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2021-2022
Role: Robert completed a MSc (Res) on a study of the radio pulsar PSR B0656+14 using the I-LOFAR radiotelescope
Robert currently works as an optical engineer for mBryonics in Galway.
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2020-2021
Role: Eamon worked as a Research Assistant funded by the HRB on the application of generative adversarial networks (GANs) in COVID radiology.
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2020-2021
Role: Ben completed a MSc thesis on the radiogenomic properties of luminal breast cancers.
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2020-2021
Role: Clare completed a MSc thesis on a topological data analysis of the colorectal microbiome.
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2020-2021
Role: Gavin completed a MSc on the biosynthetic gene cluster diversity in the colorectal microbiome.
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2020-2021
Role: Luke completed a MSc on the diversity of Connemara kelp biofilm microbiomes.
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2017-2021
Role: Completed a PhD on the optical properties of late-M and early-L dwarf stars.
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2019-2020
Role: Donal completed a MSc on the functional association of genome duplications & and autism spectrum disorders.
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2019-2020
Role: Aran completed a MSc on the development of a pipeline to process microbial microbiome data
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2018-2019
Role: Ella completed a MSc on profiling endogenous retroviral activity in prostate cancers.
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2018-2019
Role: Lydia completed a MSc on karyotype instability within chromosome 11 in breast cancers.
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2018-2019
Role: Ritasree completed a MSc on assessing dysbiosis in the colorectal microbiome.
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2018-2019
Role: Brian completed a MSc on radiosensitive gene expression profiles in prostate cancer.
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2017-2018
Role: Tom completed a MSc on modeling aptamer-conjugated Au nanoparticle radiosensitization.
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2017-2018
Role: Dalal completed a MSc on screening for chemotherapeutic genes in marine fungal genomes.
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2017-2018
Role: Olateju completed a MSc on studying the retroviral transcriptome in prostate cancers.
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2017-2018
Role: Barry completed a MSc on a metabolite cluster analysis of thermophilic fungal genomes.
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2016-2017
Role: Jack completed a MSc on characterising the prostate cancer microbiome.
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2016-2017
Role: Laura completed a MSc on extending codon usage bias to study putative pathogen genes using neural networks.
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2012-2016
Role: Completed a PhD on computational studies of de novo motif discovery in aptamer selections.
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2012-2015
Role: Postdoctoral Fellow. Supported a systems biology research effort for the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii by architecting and developing a data warehouse, toxoMine, based on the InterMine platform.
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2008-2014
Role: Completed a PhD on a genome-scale study of genetic & epigenetic regulatory mechanisms in neurodevelopmental disorders.
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2008-2012
Role: Completed a PhD on the kinematic properties of several nearby field brown dwarfs and tight binary systems using the GUFI high speed photometer at the Mount Graham International Observatory.
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2007-2012
Role: Completed a PhD on novel high throughput algorithms applied to interferometric imaging using networks of radio telescopes.
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2004-2010
Role: Completed a PhD on boundary layer tracer suspension & dynamics by computationally modeling particulates in indoor environments.
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2004-2009
Role: Completed a PhD on magnetospheric processes and auroral emission from brown dwarfs and very low mass stars.
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2006-2008
Role: Completed a MSc on predicting imprinted genes in the mouse genome using neural networks.
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2006-2008
Role: Completed a MSc on the design & implementation of a web-based microarray analysis platform.
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2004-2008
Role: Completed a PhD on a survey of magnetic spot activity on radio transient brown dwarfs.
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2003-2007
Role: Completed a PhD on novel computational implementation of the Discrete Dipole Approximation for high performance modeling of light scattering off particulates.
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2002-2005
Role: Completed a PhD on the development and application of self organising neural networks for biological sequence analysis.
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1999-2003
Role: Completed a PhD on the emission characteristics of pulsar magnetospheres by inverse-modelling methods.
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