Current Group members
Dr Paul Leonard, Principal Investigator
Dr Caroline Murphy, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Caroline Murphy, Senior Research Fellow
Paul is an Associate Professor in the School of Biotechnology, the LSI Commercialisation and Industry Liasion and the head of the Biomedical Innovation Group. Paul established the group in September 2023 to tackle two key challenges, our environment and our health. Paul has a track record in both academic and industry-led research
Dr Caroline Murphy, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Caroline Murphy, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Caroline Murphy, Senior Research Fellow
Caroline is a senior researcher at the DCU Water Institute and will join the group in July as a project leader working on an EU funded project entitled AquaBioSens:
On site biological sensing for aquatic pollutants and biohazards. This project is co-led and supervised by Prof Fiona Regan, a leading environmental researcher and director of the DCU Water Institute.
Roozbeh Sanaei, PhD student
Dr Caroline Murphy, Senior Research Fellow
Roozbeh Sanaei, PhD student
Roozbeh is a DCU Bioterapeutics programme funded PhD student working on a project entitled '
Biotherapeutics for Inflammatory Skin Diseases'. This project is co-led and supervised by Dr Achilleas Floudas (Translational Immunology Group) and Dr Mike Freeley in the School of Biotechnology at DCU.
Marta Albin, MSc student
Dr Caroline Murphy, Senior Research Fellow
Roozbeh Sanaei, PhD student
Marta is a Masters by Research student working on a EU funded project entitled AquaBioSens:
On site biological sensing for aquatic pollutants and biohazards. This project is co-led and supervised by Prof Fiona Regan, a leading environmental researcher and director of the DCU Water Institute.
Marika Kanjuga, PhD Student (TCD)
Marika Kanjuga, PhD Student (TCD)
Marika Kanjuga, PhD Student (TCD)
Marika is a PhD student based in Trinity College Dublin, funded by Attracta O’Regan Scholarship in partnership with Breakthrough Cancer Research. Her research in the field of molecular medicine focuses on biomarker discovery and assay development for early detection of ovarian cancer. This project is supervised by Dr. Sharon O’Toole and P
Marika is a PhD student based in Trinity College Dublin, funded by Attracta O’Regan Scholarship in partnership with Breakthrough Cancer Research. Her research in the field of molecular medicine focuses on biomarker discovery and assay development for early detection of ovarian cancer. This project is supervised by Dr. Sharon O’Toole and Prof. John O’Leary, in collaboration with Dr Leonard in DCU on development of antibody binders through phage display.
Dr. Sara Sadr, Research Assistant
Marika Kanjuga, PhD Student (TCD)
Marika Kanjuga, PhD Student (TCD)
Sara is a medical doctor and a Masters in Precision Medicine student working on an Enterprise Ireland-funded project in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin and Caroline Murphy at DCU.
The project involves the development of a diagnostic assay for colon cancer.