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University Life
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
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Research Group
PI: Prof. Alan Ryder
Brief Biography:
Professor Alan G. Ryder has a B.Sc.(1.1) in Chemistry (1989) and Ph.D. in Inorganic chemistry (1994) both from the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). After a stint as a postdoctoral researcher (organometallic synthesis) in UCC, Cork. He re-joined NUIG as a postdoctoral researcher in the National Centre for Laser Applications (located in the School of Physics) in 1997 to work on developing quantitative Raman spectroscopy-based methods for measuring illicit narcotics.
From 2006 to 2022 he has was based in the School of Chemistry at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) and lectures mostly in spectroscopy and analytical methods/instrumentation. In 2003 he formed the Nanoscale Biophotonics Laboratory (NBL) a research group focused on the use of photonics and chemometrics technologies for life and physical science applications. In the Analytical Sciences, the primary emphasis is developing rapid, quantitative analytical methods for the analysis of complex materials with particular focus on biopharmaceutical manufacturing and he has collaborated with a range of global biopharmaceutical manufacturers on a variety of analytical research projects. Since 01/04/2022 he has rejoined Physics as part of the School of Natural Sciences.
He has authored >100 publications and generated 3 patents (2 licensed to an NUIG spin out company, Analyze-IQ).
To date he has secured >11 M€ of research funding (~3.3M€ from industrial sources) and graduated 22 PhD & 5 MSc. research students.
Career History:
- Personal Professor of Chemistry, Physics (School of Natural Sciences), University of Galway, April 2022 - present.
- Personal Professor of Chemistry, School. of Chemistry, NUI-Galway,. Aug. 2016 -March 2022.
- Honorary President, Microscopical Society of Ireland, Aug. 2008 - 2010.
- Senior Lecturer, School. of Chemistry, NUI-Galway,. Aug. 2006 - Jul. 2016.
- Science Foundation Ireland Investigator, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, NUI-Galway. 2003-08.
- Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, NUI-Galway,. Sept. 2003 - July 2006.
- Research Scientist, NCLA/ Department of Physics, NUI-Galway, 1997 - July 2003.
- Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Chemistry, UCC, 1993-1995.
- Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry) 1989-1993, University College Galway.
- B.Sc. Hons. ( Chemistry) 1985-1989, University College Galway.
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Details of the current postdoctoral researchers can be found here.
TBC, (2024-present):M. A. will join the group in in July-Sept. 2024. |
TBC, (2024-present):W.G. will join the group in July-Sept. 2024. |
Huajie Wang, (2023-present):Huajie joined the group in Sept. 2023 and is investigating how polarized Excitation Emission Matrix (pEEM) spectroscopy can be used to monitor and analyse the interaction between proteins and liposomes. |
Matheus de Castro, (2022-present):
Matheus joined the group in Sept. 2022 and is looking at how polarized Excitation Emission Matrix (pEEM) spectroscopy can be used to monitor and analyse protein-polymer interactions. Matheus was awarded a Hardiman scholarship for his PhD studies by the University. |
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Augusto Memmo, (2015-present):
Augusto joined the lab. at the beginning of Sept. 2015 to begin a PhD which will focus on the development of Raman and chemometric methods for the impurity profiling of solid-state materials. Augusto is a graduate (M.Sc.) of "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy. His project is part funded by the Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC). |
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Summer & Visiting students:
A detailed list of the visiting students from previous years is on the alumni page. |
Undergraduate Chemistry & Physics students:
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Alumni:Details of past graduate students and visiting students down through the years are available on the past members page, here. |
Postdoctoral Researchers & Research Assistants:
Dr. R. Sen (2024-....): |
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Details to follow. |
TBA (Research Assistant) (2024): |
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Dr. Sarah Henry (2018-24): |
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Sarah joined the group in June 2017 and worked initially on industrially funded analytics projects. She helped develop robust analytical methods for the analysis of various complex materials used in bio-pharma sector. She is now working on the PAT4Nano project.
