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The APC team

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.

Funded Investigators

Nurses

First Name Last Name Email
Carol-Anne O'Shea ca.oshea@ucc.ie  
Caroline O'Leary carolineoleary@ucc.ie  
Christine Fitzgibbons christine.fitzgibbons@ucc.ie  
Clo O'Riordan coriordan@ucc.ie  
Cornelia Prendiville cprendiville@ucc.ie  
Fionola Keohane finola.keohane@ucc.ie  
Mary Crowley mary.crowley@ucc.ie  
Orlagh O'Connor orlagh.oconnor@ucc.ie  
Revathy Munuswamy rmunuswamy@ucc.ie  

Research Assistants

First Name Last Name Email
Alan Deery adeery@ucc.ie 
Alice Kellaghan akellaghan@ucc.ie
Anala Bhat abhat@ucc.ie 
Aoife Roche aoife.roche@teagasc.ie 
Bastian Truppel btruppel@ucc.ie 
Dara Meehan dmeehan@ucc.ie 
Darren Heenan Daly dheenan-daly@ucc.ie 
Diego Leon Bethencourt dleonbethencourt@ucc.ie
Ekaterina Goldobina ekaterinagoldobina@ucc.ie 
Elisabeth O'Flaherty eoflaherty@ucc.ie 
Ellen Twomey etwomey@ucc.ie 
Emer Shannon eshannon@ucc.ie 
Erika Vasiliauskaite erika.vasiliauskaite@ucc.ie 
Evan Jones ejones@ucc.ie 
Fergal Buckley fergalbuckley@ucc.ie 
Hannah Devotta hdevotta@ucc.ie 
India Murphy india.murphy@ucc.ie
Isabelle Daly idaly@ucc.ie 
Iwona Kozak iwona.kozak@ucc.ie 
Jennifer Shearer jennifer.shearer@ucc.ie 
Katy Boucher kboucher@ucc.ie 
Keith Coughlan keithcoughlan@ucc.ie 
Kristoff Nieves knieves@ucc.ie 
Laicee Kenny laicee.kenny@ucc.ie 
Lamiah Syed Kareem lsyedkareem@ucc.ie 
Laura Nolan lnolan@ucc.ie 
Lea Krift lkrift@ucc.ie 
Louisa Faherty-McGrath louisa.fahertymcgrath@ucc.ie 
Manasi Nadkarni mnadkarni@ucc.ie 
Mengfan Ding mding@ucc.ie 
Miriam Vidal Marin mvidalmarin@ucc.ie 
Nikki van Munsteren nvanmunsteren@ucc.ie
Prasad Patil ppatil@ucc.ie 
Sara Pereira spereira@ucc.ie 
Sif Christine Hougaard shougaard@ucc.ie 
Sine Kavanagh skavanagh@ucc.ie 
Songhui Kim skim@ucc.ie 
Stephanie O'Sullivan stephanieosullivan@ucc.ie 
Timothy Hulshof timothy.hulshof@nuigalway.ie 

Postgraduate Students

First name Surname Position Email
Aidan O'Sullivan PhD student 117723991@umail.ucc.ie 
Aimone Ferri PhD student 121117082@umail.ucc.ie 
Aisling Egan PhD student 117324433@umail.ucc.ie 
Alexandre Cergneux PhD student 122112500@umail.ucc.ie 
Alice Jaeger PhD student 116458826@umail.ucc.ie 
Aman Saifi PhD student 123100194@umail.ucc.ie 
Ambika Mulukutla PhD student 123106781@umail.ucc.ie 
Amiee Cronin PhD student 119303713@umail.ucc.ie 
Andriana Grafakou PhD student 120227953@umail.ucc.ie 
Anik Khan PhD student 123125788@umail.ucc.ie 
Anna Ratsika PhD student anna.ratsika@ucc.ie 
Antonis Prosilis PhD student aprosilis@umail.ucc.ie 
Ashley Benge PhD student abenge@ucc.ie
Beatrice Dal Corso PhD student 123190314@umail.ucc.ie 
Belen Gonzalez Pastor PhD student 122107916@umail.ucc.ie 
Benjamin Valderrama PhD student 123116261@umail.ucc.ie 
Bram Nap PhD student bram.nap@nuigalway.ie 
Brendan Sharvin PhD student 117409036@umail.ucc.ie 
Brian Forde PhD student brian.forde@ucc.ie 
Caner Caliskan PhD student 123102501@umail.ucc.ie 
Caoimhe Lynch PhD student 115495878@umail.ucc.ie 
Carla Viñola Renart PhD student 124122670@umail.ucc.ie 
Cebile Ndwandwe PhD student 123119038@umail.ucc.ie 
Ceylon Simon PhD student csimon@ucc.ie 
Cian O'Mahony PhD student 121126891@umail.ucc.ie 
Ciara Tobin PhD student 116439372@umail.ucc.ie 
Cliona O'Connor PhD student 119332173@umail.ucc.ie 
Clodagh Carr PhD student clodagh.carr@umail.ucc.ie 
Cristina Marti Cuesta PhD student 120108071@umail.ucc.ie 
Dalimil Bujdos PhD student 121109833@umail.ucc.ie 
Daria Nikolaeva PhD student 120222642@umail.ucc.ie 
David Hourigan PhD student 114402828@umail.ucc.ie 
Elena Kamilari PhD student ekamilari@ucc.ie 
Ellen Murray PhD student 114308696@umail.ucc.ie 
Emily Knox PhD student emily.grace.knox@umail.ucc.ie 
Emmanuel Osei PhD student 121129854@umail.ucc.ie 
Erkang Zhang PhD student 121130078@umail.ucc.ie 
Evelyn Blake PhD student 123105028@umail.ucc.ie 
Fatma Koc PhD student fatma.koc@teagasc.ie 
Filippo Martinelli PhD student f.martinelli1@nuigalway.ie
Fiona Ross PhD student fross@ucc.ie 
Gaston Cluzel PhD student gaston.cluzel@ucc.ie 
Giulia Amore Bonapasta PhD student giulia.amore@teagasc.ie 
Gonzalo Saiz PhD student 118106217@umail.ucc.ie 
Hiba Shareefdeen PhD student 121126201@umail.ucc.ie 
Hugo Blair PhD student hugo.blair@umail.ucc.ie 
James Butler PhD student 122102304@umail.ucc.ie 
Jan Toman PhD student 121116862@umail.ucc.ie 
Jane Lavin PhD student jane.lavin@teagasc.ie 
Jennifer Morael PhD student 121118029@umail.ucc.ie 
Jewel Paul Manjaly PhD student jewelpaul.manjaly@teagasc.ie 
Jill O'Sullivan PhD student 114303891@umail.ucc.ie 
Joanna Szafran PhD student 117439864@umail.ucc.ie 
Juliane Halm PhD student 123110961@umail.ucc.ie 
Jun Hyeok Yu PhD student junhyeok.yu@ucc.ie 
Kamilari. Elena PhD student ekamilari@ucc.ie 
Kardokh Kaka Bra PhD student 121126202@umail.ucc.ie 
Karina Quilter PhD student 114478552@umail.ucc.ie 
Kate Kearney PhD student 119497942@umail.ucc.ie 
Kate Sheehan PhD student sheehak2@tcd.ie 
Katie Bourke PhD student 119448386@umail.ucc.ie 
Kelsey White PhD student 120221154@umail.ucc.ie 
Ketki Mulay PhD student 122104999@umail.ucc.ie 
Kevin Mercurio PhD student mercurik@tcd.ie 
Killian Scanlon PhD student 119395123@umail.ucc.ie 
Klara Martinovic PhD student 123104275@umail.ucc.ie 
Lakshmi PriyaDarshini PhD student 119220160@umail.ucc.ie 
Lars Wilmes PhD student 120225208@umail.ucc.ie 
Leonie Kiely PhD student leonie.kiely@teagasc.ie 
Linda Smith PhD student linda.smith@ucc.ie 
Lisa Friess PhD student 121129078@umail.ucc.ie 
Lu Yao PhD student 121100187@umail.ucc.ie 
Maria Caruso PhD student 119112413@umail.ucc.ie 
Matthew Harte PhD student 120337506@umail.ucc.ie 
Meaghan Richardson PhD student 123122696@umail.ucc.ie 
Meghana Srinivas PhD student meghana.srinivas@teagasc.ie 
Melanie Depret PhD student 122115018@umail.ucc.ie 
Michael Carroll PhD student michael.carroll@teagasc.ie 
Michael Collins PhD student 116405344@umail.ucc.ie 
Michelle O'Connor PhD student 118227238@umail.ucc.ie 
Monica Cazzaniga PhD student 121126255@umail.ucc.ie 
Naomi Gavioli PhD student 122100212@umail.ucc.ie 
Naomi Hanrahan PhD student 113350466@umail.ucc.ie 
Naveen Gattuboyena PhD student 123127512@umail.ucc.ie 
Nerea Hernandez Egido PhD student 122108003@umail.ucc.ie 
Nicolas Malterre PhD student nicolas.malterre@ucc.ie 
Nori Naga Sai PhD student 121100236@umail.ucc.ie 
Ortensia Catalano Gonzaga di Cirella PhD student 122119880@umail.ucc.ie 
Peter Cronin PhD student 113306156@umail.ucc.ie 
Qiao Xiao PhD student 120222853@umail.ucc.ie 
Ramya Balasubramanian PhD student 121106463@umail.ucc.ie
Raphaela Joos PhD student rjoos@ucc.ie 
Rebeca Afonso PhD student rebeca.afonso@teagasc.ie 
Rebecca Sempio PhD student 122105915@umail.ucc.ie 
Rie Matsuzaki PhD student 121109884@umail.ucc.ie 
Rocio Sanchez Gallardo PhD student 115133478@umail.ucc.ie 
Ruth Conboy Stephenson PhD student 113373766@umail.ucc.ie 
Sam Seymour PhD student 119225492@umail.ucc.ie 
Sarah Kate Walsh PhD student 115311501@umail.ucc.ie 
Sarah Stiegeler PhD student stiegels@tcd.ie 
Sebastian Allard PhD student 121102711@umail.ucc.ie 
Shatabdi Choudhury PhD student 113154346@umail.ucc.ie 
Shona Uniacke Lowe PhD student 113333566@umail.ucc.ie 
Shuo Wang PhD student 121107153@umail.ucc.ie 
Tatiana Borodovich PhD student 119222683@umail.ucc.ie 
Tim Hensen PhD student t.hensen1@nuigalway.ie
Zihao Wang PhD student 120222848@umail.ucc.ie
Zoe Kampff PhD student 115356676@umail.ucc.ie
Zoe Williams PhD student 122114075@umail.ucc.ie
Eleanor Bedford MSc Student  
Niamh Ahern MSc Student 122109175@umail.ucc.ie 
Ophelie Gautheron MSc Student 121117769@umail.ucc.ie
Szabrina Kornyei MSc Student 123118041@umail.ucc.ie

Postdoctoral Fellows

First Name Last Name Email
Ana Ramon Vazquez ana.ramonvazquez@ucc.ie
Andrew Octavian Sasmita asasmita@ucc.ie
Anubhav Das anubhavdas@ucc.ie
Asma Amamou aamamou@ucc.ie
Brian McDonnell brian.mcdonnell@ucc.ie
Camila Barrera cbarrera@ucc.ie 
Cas Mosterd cmosterd@ucc.ie
Christopher Jason Richard Turkington cturkington@ucc.ie
Clara Kampik ckampik@ucc.ie
Colin Buttimer colin.buttimer@ucc.ie
Colin McNamara cmcnamara@ucc.ie
Cristina Rosell Cardona crosellcardona@ucc.ie
Cyril lhopitallier clhopitallier@ucc.ie
Darja Flegar dflegar@ucc.ie
Dhrati Patangia dhrati.patangia@teagasc.ie
Diana Pimentel diana.pimentel@teagasc.ie
Elisa Di Stefano edistefano@ucc.ie
Elizabeth Schneider eschneider@ucc.ie
Emilene Morais emilene.morais@ucc.ie
Fangfang Liu fliu@ucc.ie
Felipe Miceli de Farias fmicelidefarias@ucc.ie
Francisco Donoso francisco.donoso@ucc.ie
Friederike Uhlig fuhlig@ucc.ie 
Gabriel Tofani gabriel.tofani@ucc.ie
Garance Coquant garance.coquant@ucc.ie
Ghjuvan Grimaud ghjuvan.grimaud@teagasc.ie
Guillermo Ortiz Charneco guillermo.ortizcharneco@ucc.ie
Hongduo Bao hongduo.bao@ucc.ie
Hugh Harris hharris@ucc.ie
Huimin Ye hye@ucc.ie
Ivan Sugrue isugrue@ucc.ie
Jamie Fitzgerald jamie.fitzgerald@ucc.ie
Janaki Velmurugan janaki.velmurugan@ucc.ie
Jonathan Keane jonathan.keane@ucc.ie
Julia Eckenberger julia.eckenberger@ucc.ie
Julie O'Sullivan julieosullivan@ucc.ie
Karim Hayoun khayoun@ucc.ie
Katherine Lavelle klavelle@ucc.ie
Katie Fala katie.fala@teagasc.ie
Kseniya Simbirtseva ksimbirtseva@ucc.ie 
Laise Trindade Paes ltrindadepaes@ucc.ie
Liam Walsh liam.walsh@teagasc.ie
Lily Keane lilykeane@ucc.ie
Lizzie Ledger eledger@ucc.ie
Lorena Morales Garcia lmoralesgarcia@ucc.ie
Loreto Olavarria loreto.olavarriaramirez@ucc.ie
Luiza Wasiewska lwasiewska@ucc.ie
Majumder Snehali smajumder@ucc.ie 
Manon Oliero moliero@ucc.ie
María Inmaculada Domínguez mariadomomd@gmail.com
Maria Kulecka mkulecka@ucc.ie
Maria Ruiz-Rico mruizrico@ucc.ie
Maximilian Tufvesson Alm mtufvessonalm@ucc.ie
Miguel Ferndandez de Ullivarri miguel.fernandezdeullivarri@ucc.ie
Miryam Bonvegna mbonvegna@ucc.ie
Mohammed Bahey El-Din mbaheyel-din@ucc.ie
Munawar Abbas munawarabbas@ucc.ie
Muriel Giron-Daviaud mgirron-daviaud@ucc.ie
Natalia Diaz ndiaz@ucc.ie
Natalia Soledad Rios Colombo nsoledadrioscolombo@ucc.ie
Nathan Nuzum nnuzum@ucc.ie
Parveen Kumar pkumar@ucc.ie
Patrick Joyce pjoyce@ucc.ie
Paula Fernandezgomez paula.fernandezgomez@teagasc.ie
Remi Denise rdenise@ucc.ie
Saba Imdad simdad@ucc.ie
Samuel Fenn sfenn@ucc.ie
Samuel Mortensen samuel.mortensen@teagasc.ie
Sarah Nicolas sarah.nicolas@ucc.ie
Shikha Sharma ssharma@ucc.ie
Snehali Majumder smajumder@ucc.ie
Thieza Melo tmelo@ucc.ie
Thomaz Bastiaanssen thomaz.bastiaanssen@ucc.ie
Valentine Turpin vturpin@ucc.ie
Xiaohui Huang xiaohuihuang@ucc.ie
Zhe Pan zpan@ucc.ie

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