Science and Technology

Science and Technology

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- Dr Manus Biggs   manus.biggs@universityofgalway.ie 

Medical implants, biosensors, biomedical materials, regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, tissue engineering 

- Professor John Breslin   john.breslin@universityofgalway.ie 

Interoperability, semantic web, social software

- Professor Cornelia Connolly  cornelia.connolly@universityofgalway.ie 

Education, computer science, technology, teacher education, women in STEM 

- Professor Martin Glavin   martin.glavin@universityofgalway.ie 

Signal and image processing, sensors, automotive, and agri-tech

- Professor Donál Leech   donal.leech@universityofgalway.ie 

Higher education policy and funding, doctoral education, research supervision, science outreach and public engagement, chemistry, electrochemistry

- Professor Michael Madden   michael.madden@universityofgalway.ie  

Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence - AI research, AI in education, and organisations putting AI into practice. Professor Madden has written a number of articles for The Conversation

- Professor Laoise McNamara   laoise.mcnamara@universityofgalway.ie 

Biomedical engineering, medical devices, biomechanics, mechanobiology, and bone diseases, for example osteoporosis, metastasis

- Professor Abhay Pandit, Director of CÚRAM   abhay.pandit@universityofgalway.ie 

Medical devices, drug delivery, biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and applications in back pain, cardiovascular, neural, and wound healing

- Professor Alan Ryder   alan.ryder@universityofgalway.ie 

Analytical Chemistry,  chemistry, (bio)pharmaceuticals, spectroscopy and instrumentation, sensors, data analysis.

- Professor Eoin Whelan   eoin.whelan@universityofgalway.ie 

How modern digital technologies (i.e. social media, fitness tracking technology, smartphones, gambling apps) affect people. Professor Whelan has previously written for The Conversation