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Congratulations to Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship awardees in the School of Chemistry
Well done to the following who were recently awarded funding for the prestigious Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships to conduct research in the School of Chemistry. Congrats also to the supervisors and mentors.
| Lead Researcher | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aoibhinn Fanning | Chemistry | Tandem processes designed to turn flatland into 3D space embedding transition metal catalysis |
| Borys Shvalov | Chemistry | Enantioselective aromatic additions with alpha-diazo-beta-ketonitriles |
| Kim Keohane | Chemistry | Endolysin-directed photoactive metal complexes as tools to explore an antimicrobial photodynamic therapy of acne |
| Meadhbh Coomey | Chemistry | An organocatalytic approach to triphenylphosphine oxide valorisation |
| Tara McInerney | Chemistry | Enter the Dragon: Next generation anti-cancer therapy by photo-oxidative damage targeted at membrane-less organelles of human SMAUG1 protein |
| Urszula Dudek | Chemistry | Telescoping multi-step processes of interest to the pharmaceutical industry and investigation of machine learning to accelerate optimisation |
Congratulating the awardees Professor Anita Maguire, Head of School said “Well done to all of the Government of Ireland awardees in the School and their supervisors and mentors on securing these prestigious scholarships to pursue their research over the coming years. The School looks forward to seeing exciting and impactful outcomes from your research.“
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