People
The APC team
Our people are our greatest asset. The APC has a team of microbiologists, immunologists, food scientists, gastroenterologists, psychiatrists pharmacologists, nutritionists and biochemists working together to understand the complex environment of the gastrointestinal tract and its microbial community. The APC has a unique blend of clinicians, clinician-scientists and basic scientists, facilitating truly translational research from “bench to bedside”.
APC Microbiome Ireland is about people. It is about shared minds, collaboration and multidisciplinary teams. It is about the creation of an environment conducive to learning, research and innovation. We have an international mix of staff from Ireland and 20 other countries. Our APC staff and associated staff of more than 300, cover categories such as undergraduate students, research assistants, PhD students, MD fellows, postdoctoral fellows, independent investigators and administrative staff.
Director
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Paul Ross
Principal Investigators
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Douwe van Sinderen
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Andrey Shkoporov
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Catherine Stanton
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Colin Hill
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Cormac Gahan
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Elke Arendt
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Fergus Shanahan
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Gerard Clarke
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Ines Thiele
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Jennifer Mahony
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Jens Walter
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John F. Cryan
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Ken Nally
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Liam O’Mahony
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Marcus Claesson
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Noel Caplice
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Orla O'Sullivan
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Paul Cotter
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Paul O'Toole
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Ruth Massey
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Subrata Ghosh
Management Team
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Amanda Lohan
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Brendan Curran
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Caoimhe Byrne
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Eva McArdle
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Jill Haynes
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Lisa MacSharry
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Lorraine Draper
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Sean Ahern
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Tina Darb
Administrative
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Gráinne Heelan
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Marc McCarthy
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Michelle Nugent
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Victoria Spillane
Project Managers
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Catherine O’Leary
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Ken O'Riordan
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Máiréad Coakley
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Oonagh Cahalane
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Promi Das
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Sinéad Lordan
Funded Investigators
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Aidan Coffey
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Aileen Houston
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Aonghus Lavelle
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Barry Plant
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Beth Brint
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Brendan Griffin
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Cora O’Neill
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David Clarke
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Dervla O’Malley
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Eibhlis O’Connor
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Eugene Dempsey
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Fionnuala McAuliffe
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Harriët Schellekens
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John Kenny
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John Mac Sharry
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John Quinn
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Liam Fanning
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Maria Rodriguez Aburto
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Mark Tangney
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Mike Prentice
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Niall Hyland
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Olivia O’Leary
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Pauline Scanlan
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Piotr Kowalski
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Rachel Moloney
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Seamus Anthony O’Mahony
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Silvia Melgar
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Sinéad Corr
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Siobhain O’Mahony
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Susan Joyce
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Yvonne Nolan
Nurses
| First Name | Last Name | Title | |
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| Mary | Crowley | Ms | |
| Christine | Fitzgibbons | Ms | |
| Fionola | Keohane | Ms | |
| Orlagh | O'Connor | Ms | |
| Carol-Anne | O'Shea | Ms |
Research Assistants
| First Name | Last Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda | Brechon | Ms | |
| Jillian | Brown | Ms | |
| Maria | Buckley | Ms | |
| David | Campos Marin | Mr | |
| Jack | Daly | Ms | |
| Giulio | De Benedetto | Mr | |
| Gavin | Dillon | Mr | |
| Sian | Egerton | Mr | |
| Laura | Finnegan | Ms | |
| Werner | Frei | Mr | |
| David | Hourigan | Mr | |
| Glenn | Kennedy | Mr | |
| Iwona | Kozak | Ms | |
| Natasha | Leeuwendaal | ||
| Alvaro | Lopez Gallardo | Mr | |
| Gerard | Moloney | Dr | |
| Niamh | Moore | Ms | |
| James | Mullan | Mr | |
| Mary-Jane | Murphy | Ms | |
| Ellen | Murray | Ms | |
| Michelle | Nugent | Ms | |
| Orlagh | O'Connor | Ms | |
| Paula | O'Connor | Ms | |
| Tara | O'Driscoll | Ms | |
| Loreto | Olivarra | Mr | |
| Catherine | O'Leary | Ms | |
| Orla | O'Regan | Ms | |
| Rory | Pang | Mr | |
| Paola | Pellanda | Ms | |
| Joanna | Pereira | Ms | |
| Muireann | Smith | Ms | |
| Cecilia | Soria | Ms | |
| Katie | Togher | Ms | |
| Imme | van der Kamp | Ms | |
| Francisca | Villalobos | Ms | |
| Klara | Vickova | Ms |
Postgraduate Students
| Last Name | First Name | Title | Postion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahern | Grace | Ms | PhD student | grace.ahern@teagasc.ie |
| Ambrogi | Valentina | Ms | PhD student | 114224129@umail.ucc.ie |
| Azevedo | Lisa | Ms | PhD student | lisa_azevedo1995@hotmail.com |
| Baker | Kevin | Mr | PhD student | 113520527@umail.ucc.ie |
| Barrett | Maurice | Mr | PhD student | 115223349@umail.ucc.ie |
| Bastiaanssen | Thomaz | Mr | PhD student | thomaz.bactiaanssen@ucc.ie |
| Beegan | Aidan | Mr | PhD student | 119224918@umail.ucc.ie |
| Borodovich | Tatiana | Ms | PhD student | 119222683@umail.ucc.ie |
| Boscaini | Serena | Ms | PhD student | serena.boscaini@teagasc.ie |
| Bourke | Ruth | Mr | PhD student | ruth.bourke@umail.ucc.ie |
| Butler | Stephen | Mr | PhD student | 109081283@umail.ucc.ie |
| Buttimer | Finbarr | Mr | PhD student | f.j.buttimer@umail.ucc.ie |
| Caffrey | Femhe | Mr | PhD student | 118224216@umail.ucc.ie |
| Callanan | Julie | Ms | PhD student | julie.callanan@umail.ucc.ie |
| Carr | Clodagh | Ms | PhD student | clodagh.carr@umail.ucc.ie |
| Choudhury | Shatabdi | Ms | PhD student | 113154346@umail.ucc.ie |
| Cluzel | Gaston | Mr | PhD Student | gaston.cluzel@ucc.ie |
| Collins | James | Mr | PhD Student | james_collins@ucc.ie |
| Cronin | Peter | Mr | PhD student | 113306156@umail.ucc.ie |
| Da Silva Morais | Emilene | Ms | PhD student | 118222173@umail.ucc.ie |
| Das | Mrinmoy | Mr | PhD student | 114220214@umail.ucc.ie |
| Diaz | Joan | Ms | PhD student | 114153912@umail.ucc.ie |
| Dineen | Rebecca | Ms | MSc student | 111703269@umail.ucc.ie |
| Dorland | Diane Eline | Ms | PhD student | 117107883@umail.ucc.ie |
| Doyle | Natasha | Ms | PhD student | 113387241@umail.ucc.ie |
| Eckenberger | Julia | Ms | PhD student | 116223742@umail.ucc.ie |
| Ennis | Jenna-Claire | Ms | PhD student | 114223773@umail.ucc.ie |
| Fala | Katie | Ms | PhD student | katie.fala@teagasc.ie |
| Fernandes | P | Ms | PhD student | p.fernandes@umail.ucc.ie |
| Fitzgerald | Brian | Mr | PhD student | 112301706@umail.ucc.ie |
| Fitzgerald | Catherine | Ms | PhD student | 118225231@umail.ucc.ie |
| Fitzgerald | Rachel | Ms | PhD student | 110303165@umail.ucc.ie |
| Fitzpatrick | Amy | Ms | PhD student | amy.fizpatrick@teagasc.ie |
| Fleming | Barry | Mr | PhD student | 116223067@umail.ucc.ie |
| Flores | Yensi | Ms | PhD student | 114220490@umail.ucc.ie |
| Forde | Brian | Mr | PhD student | brian.forde@ucc.ie |
| Gheorghe | Cassandra | Ms | PhD student | 117108130@umail.ucc.ie |
| Gonzalez | Natalia | Ms | PhD student | 118110981@umail.ucc.ie |
| Guerin | Emma | Ms | PhD student | emma.guerin@umail.ucc.ie |
| Guzzetta | Katherine | Ms | PhD student | 118220367@umail.ucc.ie |
| Hanrahan | Naomi | Ms | PhD student | 113350466@umail.ucc.ie |
| Harris | Hugh | Mr | PhD student | 103002161@umail.ucc.ie |
| Harvey | Harry | Mr | PhD student | 113739369@umail.ucc.ie |
| Hickey | Ana | Ms | PhD student | ana.hickey@umail.ucc.ie |
| Hill | Daragh | Ms | PhD student | daragh.hill@teagasc.ie |
| Hojabri | Sara | Ms | PhD student | 116100273@umail.ucc.ie |
| Keane | Jonathan | Mr | PhD student | 1076600049@umail.ucc.ie |
| Kelly | Sandra | Ms | PhD student | 115224042@umail.ucc.ie |
| Keyes | Jennifer | Ms | PhD student | jennifer.keyes@umail.ucc.ie |
| Killian | Christina | Ms | PhD student | c.killian@umail.ucc.ie |
| Knox | Emily | Ms | PhD student | emily.grace.knox@umail.ucc.ie |
| Lawrence | Garreth | Mr | PhD student | garreth.lawrence@teagasc.ie |
| Leech | John | Mr | PhD student | john.leech@teagasc.ie |
| Lewis | Rhea | Ms | PhD student | rhea.lewis@umail.ucc.ie |
| Linehan | Kevin | Mr | PhD student | 114467738@umail.ucc.ie |
| Long | Sarah Louise | Ms | PhD student | 107454392@umail.ucc.ie |
| Lordan | Cathy | Ms | PhD student | cathy.lordan@teagasc.ie |
| Lynch | Caoimhe | Ms | PhD student | 115495878@umail.ucc.ie |
| Lynch | Fionn | Mr | PhD student | 109509763@umail.ucc.ie |
| Lynch | Mary Jane | Ms | PhD student | 100362948@umail.ucc.ie |
| Lyons | Caitriona | Ms | PhD student | caitriona.lyons@umail.ucc.ie |
| Madheswaran | Srinivasan | Mr | PhD student | 113103717@umail.ucc.ie |
| Mbandlwa | Philiswa | Mr | PhD student | 116220749@umail.ucc.ie |
| McCarthy | Geoffrey | Ms | PhD student | geoffrey.mccarthy@teagasc.ie |
| Mc Mahon | Aoife | Ms | PhD student | 112313596@umail.ucc.ie |
| Mignone | Giulia | Ms | PhD student | giulia.mignone@mycit.ie |
| Minuto | Chiara | Ms | PhD student | 115224185@umail.ucc.ie |
| Moloney | Eimear | Ms | PhD student | 109316078@umail.ucc.ie |
| Neto | Marta | Ms | PhD student | marta.neto@ucc.ie |
| Nota | Minke | Ms | PhD student | 117107835@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Connor | Laura | Ms | PhD student | 118227103@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Connor | Karen | Ms | PhD student | karen.m.oconnor@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Connor | Michelle | Ms | PhD student | 118227238@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Connor | Rory | Mr | PhD student | 106565271@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Donoghue | Keith | Ms | PhD student | 110701619@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Donovan | Aoife | Ms | PhD student | aoife.odonovan@teagasc.ie |
| O’Leime | Ciaran | Mr | PhD student | c.oleime@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Rourke | Shane | Mr | PhD student | 119226077@umail.ucc.ie |
| Ortiz Charneco | Guillermo | Mr | PhD student | 118224243@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Sullivan | Aoife | Ms | MD student | aoife_osullivan@ucc.ie |
| O’Sullivan | Jill | Ms | PhD student | 114303891@umail.ucc.ie |
| O’Sullivan | Julie | Ms | PhD student | julie.osullivan@teagasc.ie |
| Patangia | Dhrati | Ms | PhD student | dhrati.patangia@teagasc.ie |
| Pennycook | Joseph | Mr | PhD student | 118226379@ucc.ie |
| Power | Emily | Ms | PhD student | 98523619@umail.ucc.ie |
| Quilter | Karina | Ms | PhD student | 114478552@umail.ucc.ie |
| Rajaram | Subhasree | Ms | PhD student | 113154389@umail.ucc.ie |
| Ritz | Nathaniel | Mr | PhD student | 118220965@umail.ucc.ie |
| Rodriguez | Patricia | Ms | PhD student | 119112655@umail.ucc.ie |
| Ruhl | Yannick | Ms | PhD student | 116103494@umail.ucc.ie |
| Ryan | David | Mr | PhD student | 115327536@umail.ucc.ie |
| Saiz | Gonzalo | Mr | PhD student | 118106217@umail.ucc.ie |
| Sajjad | Jahangir | Ms | PhD student | 113221826@umail.ucc.ie |
| Sanchez Gallardo | Rocio | Mr | PhD student | 115133478@umail.ucc.ie |
| Sequeira | Ana Marta | Ms | PhD student | 116102966@umail.ucc.ie |
| Simons | Luuk | Mr | PhD student | 116102407@umail.ucc.ie |
| Singh | Raminder | Mr | PhD student | 116220866@umail.ucc.ie |
| Slattery | Conor | Mr | PhD student | 112449782@umail.ucc.ie |
| Spichak | Simon | Mr | PhD student | 117227876@umail.ucc.ie |
| Stanley | Maurice | Mr | PhD student | 115220294@umail.ucc.ie |
| Sugrue | Ivan | Ms | PhD student | ivan.sugrue@teagasc.ie |
| Sullivan | Ashley | Ms | PhD student | 111429152@umail.ucc.ie |
| Sundt | Eline Marie | Ms | PhD student | 116763371@umail.ucc.ie |
| Sutton | Thomas | Mr | PhD student | 110329971@umail.ucc.ie |
| Theune | Nigel | Mr | PhD student | 119112132@umail.ucc.ie |
| Tobin | Conor | Mr | PhD student | conor.tobin@teagasc.ie |
| Udayan | Sreeram | Ms | PhD student | 114220528@umail.ucc.ie |
| Uniacke Lowe | Shona | Ms | PhD student | 113333566@umail.ucc.ie |
| Videgain | Adria | Ms | PhD student | 119112660@umail.ucc.ie |
| Vigano | Giula Maria Diletta | Ms | PhD student | 117106466@umail.ucc.ie |
| Walker | Sidney | Mr | PhD student | 109313389@umail.ucc.ie |
| Wallace Fitzsimons | Shauna | Ms | PhD student | 115224354@umail.ucc.ie |
| Walsh | Clodagh | Ms | PhD student | clodagh.walsh@teagasc.ie |
| Walsh | Lauren | Ms | PhD student | 114434442@umail.ucc.ie |
| Walsh | Liam | Mr | PhD student | liam.walsh@teagasc.ie |
| Warda | Alicja | Ms | PhD student | alicja.warda@ucc.ie |
| White | Kelsey | Ms | PhD student | 120221154@umail.ucc.ie |
| Wiggins Savage | Kelsie | Ms | PhD student | 114389406@umail.ucc.ie |
| Wiley | Niamh | Ms | PhD student | niamh.wiley@teagasc.ie |
| Wilmes | Lars | Mr | PhD student | 120225208@umail.ucc.ie |
| Wosinska | Laura | Ms | PhD student | laura.wosinska@teagasc.ie |
| Yap | Min | Ms | PhD student | min.yap@teagasc.ie |
| Zhong | Xiaozhong | Mr | MSc student | 117106470@umail.ucc.ie |
