Vice-President for Research and Innovation

Professor Lokesh Joshi

Professor Lokesh Joshi is the Acting Vice-President of Research & Innovation at University of Galway.

He heads up the Office of the Vice-President for Research and Innovation and the units and teams who drive the institutional research and innovation mission and strategy.

Lokesh is also Stokes Professor of Glycosciences with his research examining the role of proteins and carbohydrates during health and disease states in chronic diseases and infections.

He is the founder of an environmentally conscious medical technology company, Aquila Bioscience, which is developing nature-inspired pathogen capture and decontamination technology as a safer alternative to chemicals that are harmful to people and the planet.

Email vpresearch (at) universityofgalway.ie

Professor Lokesh Joshi, Acting Vice-President of Research & Innovation