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Courses
Courses
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University Life
University Life
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
Since 1845, University of Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
University of Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
University of Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni & Friends
Alumni & Friends
There are 128,000 University of Galway alumni worldwide. Stay connected to your alumni community! Join our social networks and update your details online.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Accessibility & LanguageGroup
Applications to join our group are welcome from outstanding and enthusiastic candidates. Undergraduate research projects, summer placements, short research visits, PhD studentships or postdoctoral research are welcome to apply all year round. We will be happy to support applications for external funding.
To apply, please email Dr. Farràs directly with a CV, a cover letter and the names and addresses of two referees.
Group Members
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Principal Investigator | +353 91492765pau.farras@nuigalway.ie | Molecular and materials design for Chemistry with Light |
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Maria Pujol |
Research Assistant | maria.pujolromagosa@nuigalway.ie | Project coordinator (SOLAR2CHEM) |
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Postdoctoral Researcher | wenming.tong@nuigalway.ie | New materials for water electrolysers (SEAFUEL and FlowPhotoChem) |
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Postdoctoral Researcher | aoife.howard@nuigalway.ie | Socio-economic analysis (SEAFUEL) |
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Postdoctoral Researcher | roberto.gonzalez@nuigalway.ie | Metal oxide nanoparticles for water electrolysis (HUGE) |
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Postdoctoral Researcher | s.hennessey1@nuigalway.ie | Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and H2O to solar fuels through covalent organic frameworks (NEFERTITI) |
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Postdoctoral Researcher | rakesh.kumar@nuigalway.ie | |
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PhD Student | a.abdo2@nuigalway.ie | Hemin derivatives as NO scavengers (CÚRAM) |
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PhD Student | n.murphy30@nuigalway.ie | Metallacarboranes in biomedicine (CÚRAM) |
| PhD Student | v.christhunathan1@nuigalway.ie | ||
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PhD Student | megan.smeaton@nuigalway.ie | 1st row transition metal complexes for selective epoxidation (SOLAR2CHEM) |
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PhD Student | m.toufani1@nuigalway.ie | Ligand stabilised mixed metal oxide nanocrystals for selective water oxidation (SOLAR2CHEM) |
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PhD Student | h.besic1@nuigalway.ie | Development of stable catalysts for OER (FlowPhotoChem) |
| PhD udent | j.mirandamachado1@nuigalway.ie | Multi-criteria comparison of national green hydrogen strategies and policies (Solar2Chem) | |
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PhD Student | L.nagy1@nuigalway.ie |
Localised nanocatalysts embedded into a polymeric matrix for CO2 reduction
(Irish Research Council) |
| Kathryn McCarthy | PhD Student | k.mccarthy33@nuigalway.ie | Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and H2O to solar fuels through covalent organic frameworks (NEFERTITI) |
| Santiago Sosa Martinez | PhD Student | s.martinezsosa1@nuigalway.ie | Bioelectrochemistry (Irish Research Council) |
| Padma Saini | Research Assistant | padma.saini@nuigalway.ie | |
| Charlie Castetbon | Erasmus Student | charlie.castetbon@enscm.fr | Development of novel covalent organic frameworks for CO2 reduction |
| Rébecca Andriamanantsoa | Erasmus Student | New materials for water electrolysers |
Group Alumni
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| Dr. Roghayeh (Mahtab) Sadeghi Erami | Research Assistant | 09/2018 – 02/2020 | ||
| Dr. Patrick Kielty | PhD Student | 09/2017 – 11/2019 | ||
| Amy Florence Grier | MSc Student | 09/2018 – 09/2019 | ||
| Evan O'Toole | MSc Student | 09/2019 – 09/2020 | ||
| Dr. Paolo Dessi | Postdoctoral Researcher | 01/2020 – 12/2021 | ||
| Dr. Kumaravel Gunasekaran | Postdoctoral Researcher | 01/2020 – 12/2021 | ||
| Dr. Abhishek Saini | Postdoctoral Researcher | 01/2021 – 12/2021 |
May 2022 Group Photo
Left-to-right: (Back row) Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Dr. Seán Hennessey, Vivek Christhunathan, Dr. Roberto González Gómez, Dr. Pau Farràs, Dr. Wenming (Simon) Tong, Santiago Martínez Sosa, Neville Murphy, Kathryn McCarthy(Front row) Amir Abdo, Charlie Castetbon, Júlia Terra Miranda Machado, Maryam Toufani, Rébecca Andriamanantsoa, Hanka Besic (Missing) Megan Smeaton, Levente Nagy,
