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News 2015
Chemistry PhD/MSc Graduates - Summer 2015
This afternoon saw 15 Chemistry students graduate with Ph.D. (12) and M.Sc. (3) degrees.
The students involved carried out their research in the Chemistry Department, Tyndall Institute and the School of Pharmacy. Details of all students, their supervisor names and thesis titles are listed below. Well done to all.
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Name | Supervisor | PhD Thesis Title |
Dr. Martin Alfonso |
Dr. Daniela Iacopino | Highly sensitive Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) detection platforms formed by large area self-assembled Au nanorod arrays. |
Dr. Eileen Armstrong |
Prof. Colm O'Dwyer | Formation and characterisation of ordered porous vanadium oxide inverse opal material for Li-ion batteries. |
Dr. Merid Belayneh |
Dr. Giorgos Fagas | First principles simulation of amorphous silicon bulk, interfaces, and nanowires for photovoltaics. |
Dr. Darragh Carolan |
Dr. Hugh Doyle | Synthesis, functionalisation, and characterisation of germanium nanocrystals and their applications. |
Dr. Leslie Ann Clarke |
Prof. Anita Maguire | Catalyst and substrate effects in enantioselective C-H insertion reactions of alpha-diazosulfones. |
Dr. Steven Darby |
Dr. Dean Venables | Chamber investigations of atmospheric mercury oxidation chemistry. |
Dr. Danielle Horgan |
Dr. Humphrey Moynihan | Optimised crystal morphologies for active pharmaceutical ingredients and related studies. |
Dr. John Kinsella |
Prof. Martyn Pemble | Langmui-Blodgett assembly of colloidal photonic crystals combined with controlled infiltration of conducting metal oxides. |
Dr. Keith Linehan |
Dr. Hugh Doyle | Synthesis, characterisation and applications of group IV nanocrystals. |
Dr. Michal Osiak |
Prof. Colm O'Dwyer | The role of structure in the electrochemical performance of nanostructured metal oxides for lithium ion battery anodes. |
Dr. Michael Schmidt |
Prof. Justin Holmes | Beyond simple imaging with energetic beams - nanopatterning correlative microscopy and statistical analysis of inclusions. |
Dr. Ransanker Senthamaraikannan |
Prof. Michael Morris | Development of block copolymer litography for device structure fabrication. |
Name | Supervisor | MSc Thesis Title |
Louise Cosgrave |
Dr. Ian Povey | Atomic layer deposition on Zn (O,S) for buffer layers in cigs solar cells. |
Donovan Fullam |
Development of a portable near-ultraviolet incoherent broadband cavity enhanced spectrometer for aerosols. | |
Brian Shanahan |
Dr. James Rohan | Probing the limits of ultrathin metal deposition. |