The School comprises of staff in areas of Academia, Administrative, Technical and Support. The School also has a significant research presence, led by a large number of Research Staff and Postgraduate Students located in the Kane Building and in the following flagship research institutes - Tyndall National Institute, Sustainability Institute and Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility.
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Dr. Andrew Whitehead
Dr. Whitehead has had a distinguished career in the pharmaceutical industry with a strong track record of scientific and technical achievement in addition to leadership within the industry. His CV highlights his many achievements and markers of recognition including the Presidents Roll of Honour Award in GMS and most recently his selection within GSK R&D to be given the opportunity to act as an adjunct professor in UCC, an opportunity which is available to just a very limited group of scientists within GSK.
His experience and insight into medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry is particularly valuable as a resource for the postgraduate students within the ABCRF and indeed within the SFI Centre focused on the Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceuticals Centre (SSPC), led by UL; the UCC elements of the SSPC are based in the ABCRF. It is envisaged that he will develop a postgraduate module focused specifically on the industrial aspects of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. This will prove very beneficial to the early career researchers in providing them with a background for future careers in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition the academic staff in the ABCRF will benefit from exposure to his insights into current challenges in the pharmaceutical industry and will be in a position to leverage this in research proposals (in the current context where industrial relevance is a key success factor) and in their undergraduate teaching with clear benefit to the university.
