Principal Investigators & Research Groups
The Plant & Agricultural Biosciences Centre comprises a range of inter-disciplinary research groups/teams, each typically led by a Principal Investigator/Academic Staff.
NUI Galway
Prof. Charles Spillane
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences)
Dr. Ronan Sulpice
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences)
Dr. Sara Farrona
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences)
Dr. David Styles
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences)
Prof. Paul Vlek
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences / Uni of Bonn)
Dr. Manash Chatterjee
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences / BenchBio Ltd)
Dr. Danny Hunter
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences / Bioversity International)
Dr. Peter McKeown
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences)
Dr. Boru Douthwaite
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences)
Dr. Kevin Kilcline
(NUIG Plant & AgriBiosciences)
Dr. Zoe Popper
(NUIG Botany & Plant Science)
Dr. Dagmar Stengel
(NUIG Botany & Plant Science)
Dr. Joanne Denyer
(NUIG Botany & Plant Science)
Dr. Colin Kelleher
(National Botanic Gardens, Ireland)
Dr. Maria Tuohy
(NUIG Biochemistry)
Dr. Derek Morris
(NUIG Biochemistry)
Prof. Vincent OFlaherty
(NUIG Microbiology)
Dr. Florence Abram
(NUIG Microbiology)
Dr. Gavin Collins
(NUIG Microbiology)
Dr. Alexandre de Menezes
(NUIG Microbiology)
Dr. Cyril Carroll
(NUIG Microbiology)
Dr. Eve Daly
(NUIG Earth & Ocean Sciences)
Dr. Liam Morrison
(NUIG Earth & Ocean Sciences)
Prof. Lokesh Joshi
(NUIG AgriFood Glycobiology)
Dr. Chaoseng Zhang
(NUIG Geography)
Prof. Mark Johnson
(NUIG Ryan Institute)
Prof. Cathal Seoighe
(NUIG Bioinformatics)
Dr. Tim Downing
(NUIG Bioinformatics)
Dr. Marcus Keane
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. Xinmin Zhan
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. Martin Glavin
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. Edward Jones
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. John Cullinan
(NUIG Economics)
Dr. Christine Domegan
(NUIG Marketing)
Dr. Rory Monaghan
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. Mark Healy
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. Annette Harte
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. John Breslin
(NUIG Engineering)
Dr. Stephen Hynes
(NUIG Economics)
Alastair McKinstry
(ICHEC)
Prof. Colin O’Dowd
(NUIG Physics)
Michael Hosey
(St Angela’s College)
Shelley Fox
(St Angela’s College)
Sean Gilbride
(St Angela’s College)
PABC Members from other Irish Universities & Institutes of Technology
Dr. JJ Leahy
(Chemical & Environmental Science, Uni of Limerick)
Prof. Mike Hayes
(Carbolea, Uni of Limerick)
Dr. Achim Schmalenberger
(Uni of Limerick)
Dr. Marcel Jansen
(Plant Science, University College Cork)
Prof. Nora O`Brien
(Nutritional Biochemistry, University College Cork)
Prof Elke Arendt
(Cereal & Beverage Science, University College Cork)
Prof. Frank Wellmer
(Plant Developmental Genetics, Trinity College Dublin)
Dr. Emmanuelle Graciet
(Plant Genetics, NUI Maynooth)
Dr. Tim McCarthy
(GeoComputation & Remote Sensing, NUI Maynooth)
Dr. Shane O'Connell
(Shannon ABC & Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland)
Prof Ger Kiely
(Engineering, University College Cork)
Prof. Michael Zaworotko
(Crystal Engineering, University of Limerick)
Dr. Lisa Ryan
(Natural Sciences, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Dr. Ali Intizar
(INSIGHT)
PABC Members from Agri/Research Partners (Ireland)
Prof. Cathal O'Donoghue
(TEAGASC Athenry)
Dr. Ewen Mullins
(TEAGASC Oakpark, Carlow)
Prof. Michael Diskin
(TEAGASC Athenry)
Dr. Sinead Waters
(TEAGASC Athenry)
Dr. Michael Mullin
(TEAGASC Athenry)
Dr. Nuala Ni Fhlatharta
(Forestry Development, TEAGASC Athenry, Ireland)
Dr. Fiona Brennan
(TEAGASC)
Tom Burke
(Mountbellew Agri College)
Dr. Una Murray
(NuaConsulting)
Paul Wagstaff
(Concern Worldwide)
Brendan Allen
(Castlemine Farm)
Suzanne Barth
(TEAGASC Oakpark)
Donagh Berry
(TEAGASC Moorepark)
Declan Bolton
(TEAGASC Ashtown)
Karen Daly
(TEAGASC)
Trevor Donnelan
(TEAGASC Athenry)
Eimear Gallagher
(TEAGASC Ashtown)
Denis Griggin
(TEAGASC Oakpark)
Kevin Hanrahan
(TEAGASC)
Kevin Heanue
(TEAGASC Athenry)
Gary Lanigan
(TEAGASC Johnstown Castle)
Kieran Meade
(TEAGASC Grange)
Dan Milbourne
(TEAGASC Oakpark)
Nuala Ní Flatharta
(TEAGASC Athenry)
Dilip Rai
(TEAGASC Ashtown)
Mary Ryan
(TEAGASC Athenry)
John Spink
(TEAGASC Oakpark)
Brijesh Tiwari
(TEAGASC Ashtown)
David Wall
(TEAGASC Johnstown Castle)
PABC Members/Partners from CGIAR Centres/CRPs (International)
Dr. Menkir Abebe
(IITA, Nigeria)
Dr. Melaku Gedil
(IITA, Nigeria)
Dr. Andy Jarvis
(CIAT CCAFS, Colombia)
Dr. Robin Buruchara
(CIAT, Kenya)
Dr. Rowland Chirwa
(CIAT, Malawi)
Dr. Rodah Zulu
(CIAT, Malawi)
Dr. Rajeev Varshney
(ICRISAT, India)
Dr. Awais Khan
(CIP, Peru)