Applied Microbiology

BIOGRAPHY

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1981-1985: BSc (Hons) Microbiology, at Department of Microbiology, University College Cork
1985-1990: PhD in Microbiology at Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, UCC.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER PRIMARY POSITIONS:
2002-present: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Biol. Sci. Duties: Lecturing, Admin. Research.
2007-2007: Acting Head of Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology
1996-2002: Research Officer/Senior Research Officer, TEAGASC (Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority) at Moorepark Food Research Centre, Cork, Ireland.
1995-1996: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands.
1991-1994: Senior Research Scientist at the National Food Biotechnology Centre (University College Cork, Ireland).
1985-1990: PhD student, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Ireland

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Academic Council at CIT (2004-2010); Research Ethics Committee at CIT (2005-); Research and Development Committee of the Academic Council at CIT (2004-2007); School of Science Industry Advisory Panel (2004-); Science Faculty Board of Studies (2005-)

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:
American Society for Microbiology, Society for General Microbiology; Phage Ecology Group; Faculty of 1000; Society for Applied Microbiology; European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).

RESEARCH GRANTS:
Science Foundation Ireland; Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) Irish Dept Agriculture; Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) Embark Initiative Fellowships; Teagasc Walsh Fellowships.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Characterization and exploitation of bacteriophages as antibacterial agents;