School of Microbiology Staff

Academic Staff

The School of Microbiology now comprises 26 research active academic staff, incorporating:

• Dr David Clarke, Head of School
• Professor for Microbiome and Health Sciences
• Professor of Microbial Genomics  
• Professor of Environmental Microbiology
• Professor of Food Microbiology (Emeritus)
• Professor of Microbial Food Safety
• Professor of Microbiology (Emeritus)
• Professor of Immunology
• Professor of Medical Microbiology
• Professor of Molecular Microbiology
• Professor of Food and the Microbiome 

Additional Staff

The school also has:

• A Teaching Assistant
• A School Manager
• 5 Technical Officers
• A School Operative
• 3 Administrative staff (2 of whom job-share).

Staff at the School of Microbiology in UCC deliver on over 60 teaching Modules to over 1,500 students annually. There has been a significant growth in the number of research active staff in the recent past; over 50 research staff funded directly by research, are employed in the school, including Postdoctoral research staff, research assistants and research support staff. These staff are key members of research programmes and are paid from grant income sourced externally by the academic staff members. These staff have a pivotal role in the research activities of the school as well as facilitating research-led teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition, there are over 90 Graduate Students per year registered in the school for both PhD and MSc by research.