Rebecca Buckley holds a BSc in Biochemistry from UCC and an MPhil in Biological Science from the University of Cambridge. She has also completed a PGDip in Digital Marketing and is a PRINCE2® Project Management Practitioner. Rebecca has previously held marketing and project management positions in the UK with Abcam, a biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, and academic publisher Springer Nature in London. During these roles, Rebecca worked on a number of high-profile product launches including a portfolio of Nature-branded online scientific journals. She also led a range of strategic projects aimed at improving marketing effectiveness within a global team of 100+ people.​

Rebecca joined UCC Academy in 2019 as Project Manager and has supported several EU-funded research and innovation projects across Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. She is currently Interim Programme Manager, leading a team of research managers delivering a range of funded projects. 

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