Graduate Degrees Conferring 23rd June 2025
It was a great pleasure for the School to celebrate the conferring of 10 PhD and 2 Taught MSc students on Monday 23rd of June. The students were conferred with their degree in O’Reilly Hall and they and their families joined us for a School reception in Science East.
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Back L to R: Grace Morgan, Andrew Phillips, James Dudley, Peter Byrne, Fun Man Fung, Marcus Baumann, Tony Keene, Patrick Guiry. Front L to R: Ioanna Bampouri, Arlene Bonner, Rosa Fernandez Pison, Fionn McNeill, Qiwei Wang, Rachel Ann O’Sullivan, David Mc Laughlin, Nathan Feely, Robert Redmond
The PhD students conferred with their degrees were:
Ioanna Bampouri PhD for her thesis entitled "Ultrasonic Shear Wave Spectroscopy for Real-Time Monitoring of Static and Dynamic Liquid-Solid Interfaces", (opens in a new window)Buckin Research Group
Arlene Bonner PhD for her thesis entitled "The Integration of Continuous Flow Technology with Strained Cyclic Systems", (opens in a new window)Baumann Research Group
Dara Curran PhD for his thesis entitled "Development of (i) Novel Organophosphorus-Based Synthetic Methodology and (ii) a Quantitative Lewis Basicity Scale", (opens in a new window)Byrne Research Group
Nathan Feely PhD for his thesis entitled "Design and characterisation of surface chemistries that enable high performance downstream purification processes for cells and biomolecules", (opens in a new window)Lee Research Group
Rosa Fernandez Pison PhD for her thesis entitled "Developing Coinage Metal Catalysts To Incorporate Carbon Dioxide Into Alkynic-Based Carbon Frameworks", (opens in a new window)Phillips Research Group
David Mc Laughlin PhD for his thesis entitled "New materials with Switchable Magnetic and Electric Properties", (opens in a new window)Morgan Research Group
Fionn McNeill PhD for his thesis entitled "The Enantioselective Synthesis of Oxygen-containing Heterocycles via Pd-catalysed Decarboxylative Asymmetric Transformations", (opens in a new window)Guiry Research Group
Rachel Ann O’Sullivan PhD for her thesis entitled "A Study of the Asymmetric Synthesis and Transformations of Chiral Ferrocene-containing Compounds", (opens in a new window)Guiry Research Group
Robert Redmond PhD for his thesis entitled "Strategic uses of cyclic sulfonamide in the synthesis of N-Heterocycles", (opens in a new window)Evans Research Group
Qiwei Wang PhD for his thesis entitled "The role of different architectures of Nanoscale constructs and the relationship to their biological impacts", (opens in a new window)Dawson Research Group
You can read more about the breadth of research undertaken by our graduates on our Graduate Research Alumni webpage and you can find out more about School of Chemistry Graduate Research Programmes here.
Many congratulations to James Dudley MSc who was conferred with a Taught MSc Chemistry by Negotiated Learning and Aoife Tyrrell MSc who was conferred in absentia with a Taught MSc Chemistry for the Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemicals Industry. We also wish Aoife well for her upcoming wedding.
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James Dudley MSc
Well done to each of you. We are very proud of your achievements and wish you the very best for the future.
Go n-éireoidh libh go léir.