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Dr Niamh Fitzgerald


Contact Details

Lecturer
E: niamh.fitzgerald@universityofgalway.ie
www.linkedin.com/in/niamhmfitzgerald
 
researcher
 

Biography

Niamh holds a B.Sc in Physics with Medical Physics, M.Sc in research (Experimental Physics) and PhD in optical design from the University of Galway.
Her PhD focused on the area of novel lens design for commercial imaging, which was funded through the SFI strategic partnership and was partially funded by FotoNation, Parkmore, Galway. Following her graduation, she took up the position of lead optical engineer at Mbryonics. During her time working in the New Space industry, she designed and developed the baseline products for the ESA funded freeform optical payload with supporting optical metrology, and optical ground station support equipment (OGSE). 
Niamh joined the Physics academic staff in the School of Natural Sciences in September 2023. Her research is carried out with the Applied Optics Group and the Centre for Astronomy. 
She currently serves as an Assistant Editor for Applied Optics in the areas of optical design and optical metrology.

Research Interests

Current research interests include:
  • Aberration theory, 
  • Optical design, 
  • Optical metrology and 
  • Astronomical instrumentation.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2017) 'Extending the depth of field with chromatic aberration for dual-wavelength iris imaging'
Niamh M. Fitzgerald and Christopher Dainty and Alexander V. Goncharov (2017) 'Extending the depth of field with chromatic aberration for dual-wavelength iris imaging'. Opt. Express, 25 (25):31696-31707 [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2023) Optica Design and Fabrication Congress 2023 (IODC, OFT)
J. Van Erps and N. Fitzgerald and A. Naughton and D. Mackey and K. Vanmol and D. Rosseel and J. Verbaenen and K. Rochlitz and S. Verlinski and M. Vervaeke and H. Thienpont (2023) Manufacturing and metrology of an 8-channel micro-lens-based out-of-plane coupling component for optical interconnects Optica Design and Fabrication Congress 2023 (IODC, OFT) [Details]
(2023) International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022
Szymon Gladysz and Raphael Bellossi and Andreas Zepp and Douglas McDonald and Max Segel and Ruth Mackey and Niamh Fitzgerald and Karin Stein (2023) Spectral and spatial filtering for daytime deep-space optical communications . In: Kyriaki Minoglou and Nikos Karafolas and Bruno Cugny eds. International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022 [Details]
(2018) Optical Design and Engineering VII
Niamh M Fitzgerald, Christopher Dainty, Alexander V Goncharov (2018) Two iris imaging over an extended depth of field with a mobile phone camera Optical Design and Engineering VII , pp.190-195 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) Optical Design and Fabrication 2017 (Freeform, IODC, OFT)
Niamh Fitzgerald and Alexander V. Goncharov and Christopher Dainty (2017) Extending the Depth of Field in a Fixed Focus Lens Using Axial Colour Optical Design and Fabrication 2017 (Freeform, IODC, OFT) [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Optica Early career member 01-NOV-19 /

Patents

  Patent Number Title Granted
11209633 Iris image acquisition system 28-DEC-21
10212366 Iris image acquisition system 19-FEB-19

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
Mbryonics Lead Optical Engineer 01-APR-19 / 30-AUG-23

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2015 University of Galway M.Sc Science by Research Physics
2019 University of Galway PhD Physics (Optics)

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
Semester 1 Energy Management BST151 Corporate Environmental Planning
Semester 1 and 2 Computational Physics PH3101/PH3102 Physics
Semester 2 Electromagnetism PH2106 Physics
Semester 1 Physics PH101 Mechanics