TU Dublin Summer Interns Showcase Research Across Science and Health
TU Dublin’s Faculty of Sciences and Health Summer Research Interns presented their research projects to Faculty Heads of Schools and the Director and Dean, Professor John Doran, on 18 September 2026 in Central Quad, Grangegorman. The session opened with an address from Professor Christine O’Connor, Head of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Sciences and Health, before the students shared their research across a range of scientific disciplines.
- Etseoghena Oshiogwemoh, supervised by Dr Grainne Scanlon, Dr George Amarandei and Dr Paul Hynds, presented the AURORA project, Artificial light exposUre and ciRcadiaN rhythms: impacts On sleep and RetinAl health.
- Oonagh Power, supervised by Professor Izabela Naydenova, discussed Investigation of Temperature Sensitivity in Slanted Holographic Gratings for Non-Invasive Wound Healing Monitoring.
- Lucy Paul, supervised by Dr Dervil Cody, presented Acoustic Characterisation of a Therapeutic Ultrasound System: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study.
All three students represented the School of Physics, Clinical and Optometric Sciences.
- Lone Elin Haas, from the School of Food Science and Environmental Health, presented her research on the Anti-inflammatory and Neuroprotective Potential of Protein Hydrolysates from Marine and Brewing Byproducts, under the supervision of Dr Azza Silotry Naik.
- Carl McGovern, from the School of Biological, Health and Sport Sciences, presented Stress Induced Expression of leuO and CRISPR-cas Genes in Escherichia coli, supervised by Dr Shane Dillon.
Two further projects were represented by students who were unable to attend the session.
- Erin Byrne, supervised by Dr Sinead Currivan-Macdonald of the School of Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, is researching the Application of Nano-architectures in the Development of Bio-separation Phases for Separation Science.
- Rebecca McCarron, also supervised by Dr Currivan-Macdonald, is investigating What’s in this vape? Characterisation at the interface of vaping technologies.
Professor John Doran closed the session by praising the quality of the presentations and the excellent research undertaken by the students during their summer internships. He also thanked the supervisors for their support throughout the summer and for providing the interns with valuable opportunities to develop their research and laboratory skills.