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UCC Research and Innovation Awards 2021

Award Winners

Award Category

Winner

Affiliation

Researcher of the Year Professor Justin Holmes School of Chemistry
Early Stage Researcher of the Year

Dr Carlos Garrido Castellano

Dr Maria Rodriguez Aburto

School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience

Research Support Person of the Year

Dr Louise Burgoyne

Ms Saba Loftus

Tyndall National Institute

APC Microbiome Ireland

Research Supervisor of the Year Dr Ronan Carbery College of Business and Law
Research Communicator of the Year Dr Paul Deane MaREI / ERI / Collefe of Science, Engineering and Food Science
Research Award for Open Science Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar School of Public Health
Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research Dr Ciara Heavin Social Research Ethics Committee
Innovator of the Year Dr Frank Peters School of Physics
Consultancy Project of the Year Dr Karen Neville COVID Response Team / Centre for Resilience and Business Continuity
Licence of the Year Dr Anthony Morrissey, Mr David McGovern, Mr Ray Burke Tyndall National Institute 
Spin-out Company of the Year Dr Declan Soden Mirai Medical
Start-up of the Year Ms Clare Meskill Teleatherapy
Best Publication of the Year - Undergraduate Author

Ms Jennifer Murphy

Mr Thomas Sheerin

College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences

Tyndall National Institute

Research Team of the Year

Dr Mark Jessop

Professor Keelin O'Donoghue

Marine Ecology Group (School of BEES)

Pregnancy Loss Research Group (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

Research Image of the Year Dr Vuslat Juska Tyndall National Institute
Engaged Research of the Year Professor Brian Ó Gallachóir MaREI / Dingle Peninsula 2030
Vice-President for Research & Innovation Award for Interdisciplinary Research

Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin

Dr Daniela Iacopino

Department of Modern Irish

Tyndall National Institute

Research Collaboration of the Year Dr Gerard McGlacken School of Chemistry
The President's Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals Dr Ger Mulally Department of Sociology and Criminology (Imagining 2050)
Research Career Achievement Award Prof. Ivan Perry School of Public Health

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