Spectroscopic Centre of Excellence
FOCAS INSTITUTE WWW.FOCAS.DIT.IE PERSONNEL January 2011    
       
Name & Position Email Extn Room
Management & Administration      
Professor Hugh J Byrne hugh.byrne@dit.ie 7900 2.03-A1
Institute Head      
Damian Bruce damian.bruce@dit.ie 7902 1.04.H2
Institute Administrator      
     
       
       
Research Technical Support      
Theresa Hedderman theresa.hedderman@dit.ie 7907 2.04-A4
Chemical Support      
Anne Shanahan anne.shanahan@dit.ie 7905 2.04-A1
Research Scientist/Instrumental Support      
IT Support      
Luke O'Neill luke.oneill@dit.ie 7906 2.04-A2
Post-Doctoral Reseacher/Instrumental Support      
       
RESC- Radiation and Environmental Science      
Fiona M Lyng fiona.lyng@dit.ie 7972 1.04.E3
Centre Manager      
Karina Carey karina.carey@dit.ie 7975 1.04.D2
Research Technician      
Orla L. Howe orla.howe@dit.ie 7976 1.04.D4
School of Biology      
Angeliki Velissariou angeliki.velissariou@dit.ie 7978 1.04.F4
Postgraduate Student      
Siobhan O'Grady siobhan.ogrady@dit.ie 7979 1.04.G1
Research Assistant      
Kamila Ostrowska            kamila.stadnik@dit.ie 7977 1.04.F1
Postgraduate Student      
Catherine Grogan catherine.grogan@dit.ie 4829 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Haley Furlong haley.furlong@dit.ie 7974 1.04.E1
Postgraduate student      
Geraldine O'Brien geraldine.obrien@dit.ie 7999 1.04.G3
Research Assistant      
       
Biomedical and Environmental Sensing      
James Walsh james.walsh@dit.ie 4928 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
John Cassidy john.cassidy@dit.ie 4779 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
Tony Betts tony.betts@dit.ie 3346 DIT- Rathmines
Directorate of Research and Enterprise      
James Condron james.condron@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Research Fellow      
Jacinta Browne jacinta.brownedit.ie@dit.ie 4737 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Pat Goodman pat.goodman@dit.ie 4782 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Tom Cantwell tom.cantwell@dit.ie 4811 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Eugene Coyle eugene.coyle@dit.ie 4551 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Control Systems and Electrical Engineering      
Robert Howard robert.howard@dit.ie 4952 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Johnalan Keegan johhalan.keegan@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Deepa Chari deepa.chari@dit.ie 7979 1.04.H3
Postgraduate Student      
Brian Madden brian.maden@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Mark Nolan mark.nolan@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Louise Cannon louise.cannon@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Daryl Fox daryl.fox@dit.ie   G-02.D4
Postgraduate Student      
Aoife Powers a.powers@dit.ie 7998 G.02.D2
Postgraduate Student      
Krzysztof Ptasinski kptasinski@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Brian Devine brian.devine@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Paul Chen  xu.chen@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Sheng Yu sheng.yu@dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student      
Susann Henschel        susann.henschel@dit.ie 7999 1.04.G3
Postgraduate Student (Pat Goodman)      
Ali Abdurrahim ali.abdurrahim@dit.ie 7985 1.04.A4
Research Fellow (Tony Betts)      
David Culliton  (David Kennedy, Bolton St) david .culliton@dit.ie 7993 1.04C2
Postgraduate Student (Feb. 2010)      
Brian Buckley (J.Browne) brian.buckley@student.dit.ie 7980 2.02
Postgraduate Student (part-time) 2017      
Philip Kelly (JOHN CASSIDY, march 2011)     2.02
Undergraduate student      
MSA- Materials Synthesis and Applications      
Mary McNamara mary.mcnamara@dit.ie 4781 DIT-Kevin St.
Faculty of Science      
Sarah Rawe sarah.rawe@dit.ie 4570 DIT-Kevin ST
School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
Declan McCormack declan.mccormack@dit.ie 4778 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
Christine O'Connor christine.oconnor@dit.ie 4757 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
Claire McDonnell claire.mcdonnell@dit.ie 4571 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
Michael Seery michael.seery@dit.ie 4758 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences      
Michael Devereux michael.devereux@dit.ie 4680 DIT-Kevin St.
Faculty of Science      
Andrew Kellett andrew.kellett@dit.ie 7986 G.02.C8
Research Fellow      
Gary Hessman gary.m.hessman@dit.ie 7991 1.04.B2
Postgraduate Student      
Samar Moqadasi samar.moqadasi@dit.ie 7983 1.04.H5
Postgraduate Student      
Damian Synnott damian.synnott@dit.ie 7993 1.04.C2
Postgraduate Student      
Miriam Kennedy miriam.kennedy@dit.ie 7995 1.04.C1
Postgraduate Student      
Zlata Tofzikovskaya ztofzikovsky@dit.ie 7937 G.02.C2
Postgraduate Student      
Mark Tallon mark.tallon@dit.ie 7991 1.04.B1
Postgraduate Student      
Anna Przybyl anna. przybyl@dit.ie  7985 1.04.A5
Postgraduate Student (Sarah Rawe)      
Pauraic McCarron pauraic.mccarron.2010@nuim.ie   2.02
Postgraduate Student (Andrew Kellet)      
Sandra Gannon sandra.gannon@dit.ie 7998 G.02.D3
Postgraduate Student      
Laura Perdisat (February 2010) laura.perdisat@dit.ie 7986 G.02.C7
Postgraduate Student      
Rachel Christie rachel.christie@student.dit.ie 7936 G.02.A4
Postgraduate Student      
Lotte Knapen  lotte.knapen@dit.ie 0 1.04.A5
Postgraduate Student (Sara Rawe/June 2011)      
       
IEO- Industrial & Engineering Optics      
Vincent Toal vincent.toal@dit.ie 4560 DIT-Kevin St.
Executive Director (School of Physics)      
Suzanne Martin suzanne.martin@dit.ie 4613 DIT-Kevin St.
Centre manager      
Izabela Naydenova izabela.naydenova@dit.ie 7925 G.05.E3
Research Fellow      
Emilia Mihaylova   emilia.mihaylova@dit.ie 4702 DIT-Kevin St.
Research Fellow      
Viswanath Bavigadda  viswanath.bavigadda@student.dit.ie 4702 DIT-Kevin St.
Postgraduate Student      
Mohesh Moothanchery mohesh.moothanchery@student.dit.ie 4702 DIT-Kevin St
Postgraduate Student      
Dervil Cody dervil.cody@student.dit.ie 7926 DIT-Kevin St
Postgraduate Student      
Dennis Bade dennis.bade@dit.ie 4702 Focas
Postgraduate Student      
       
       
       
DEL- Dublin Energy Lab      
Professor Brian Norton brian.norton@dit.ie 7134 DIT-Aungier St.
Director      
John Doran john.doran@dit.ie 4953 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Kevin O'Farrell kevin.ofarrell@dit.ie 4772 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Electrical Services Engineering      
Shynu Nair  shynu.nair@dit.ie 4927 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Electronic & Communications Engineering      
Maria Jose Roo mariajose.rooons@student.dit.ie 4716 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Electronic & Communications Engineering      
Lynette Magee lynette.magee@dit.ie 2967 DIT -Bolton St
School of Mechanical Engineering      
Manus Kennedy manus.kennedy@dit.ie 7967 G.05.E4
Postgraduate Student      
Jawad Sarwar                           jawad578@yahoo.com jawad.sarwar@dit.ie 7961 G.05.E1
Postgraduate Student      
Subhash Chandra subrash.chandra@dit.ie 7931 G.05.A3
Postgraduate Student      
Hind Ahmed hind.ahmed@student.dit.ie 7929 G.05.c1
Postgraduate Student      
Mohamed Hanif mohamed.hanif@dit.ie 2814 DIT-Kevin St
Postgraduate Student      
Karl Brannigan karl.brannigan@student.dit.ie   DIT-Kevin St
Postgraduate student (Kevin O'Farrell)      
Nasif Shams nasif.shams@student.dit.ie 2814 DIT-Kevin St
Postgraduate Student (Mick McKeever)      
Martin Brosnan martin.brosnan1@student.dit.ie 2814 DIT-Kevin St
Postgraduate Student (Mick McKeever)      
Luis Candanedo luismiguel.candanedoibarra@student.dit.ie 7961 G.05.E2
Research fellow      
       
NanoLab      
Hugh J. Byrne hugh.byrne@dit.ie 7900 2.03-A1
Focas Institute      
Gordon Chambers gordon.chambers@dit.ie 2856 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
J. Des O'Mahony/td> des.omahony@dit.ie 4942 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Fran Pedreschi fran.pedreschi@dit.ie 4786 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Elizabeth Gregan elizabeth.gregan@dit.ie 4736 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Alan Casey alan.casey@dit.ie 7932 G.05.A1
Research Fellow      
Peter Knief                                   peter@knief.de peter.knief@dit.ie 7929 G.05.C1
Postgraduate Student      
Qiaohuan Cheng qiaohuan.cheng@dit.ie 7931 G.05.A4
Postgraduate Student      
Niall O'Claonadh niall.oclaonadh@dit.ie 7929 G.05.C2
Postgraduate Student      
Jennifer Dorney jennifer.dorney@dit.ie 7963 G.05.C3
Postgraduate Student      
Sourav Prasanna Mukherjee sourav.mukherjee@dit.ie 7999 1.04.G4
Postgraduate Student      
Sanchali Gupta Mukherjee sanchali.guptamukherjee@student.dit.ie 7933 G.05.C3
Postgraduate Student      
Kunal Bhattacharya kbhattachary@dit.ie 7977 1.04.F2
Research Fellow      
Ailbhe Macken ailbhe.macken@dit.ie 7975 1.04.D1
Research Fellow      
Maria Casado maria.casado@student.dit.ie 7935 G.02.C4
Postgraduate Student      
       
NBIP      
Frank Bonnier frank.bonnier@dit.ie 7917 G.02.A1
Research Fellow      
Haq Nawaz haq.nawaz@dit.ie 7935 G.02.C3
Postgraduate Student      
Mehmood Ali mehmood.ali@dit.ie 7966 G.02.B4
Postgraduate Student      
Kelvin Poon kelvin.poon@dit.ie 7956 G.02.B1
Research Fellow      
Nosheen Rashid nosheen.rashid@dit.ie - G.02.C5
Postgraduate Student      
Kishore Kumar Jella kishorekumar.jella@student.dit.ie 7966 G.02.B3
Postgraduate Student      
Aidan Meade aiden.meade@dit.ie 7963 G.05.C4
Research Fellow      
Amaya Garcia amaya.garcia@dit.ie 7998 G.02.D1
Research Engineer      
Roisin Moriarty roisin.moriarty@dit.ie 7978 1.04.F4
Research Engineer      
       
CNRI-Communication Network Research Institute      
Mark Davis mark.davis@dit.ie 7950 G.03.A1
Project Director      
Mirek Narbutt narbutt@cnri.dit.ie 7959 G.03.B4
Research fellow      
Brian Keegan brian.keegan@cnri.dit.ie 7954 G.03.C4
Postgraduate Student      
Yin Chen yin.chen@cnri.dit.ie - G.03.A2
Postgraduate Student      
Tanmoy Debnath tanmoy.debnath@cnri.dit.ie 7952 G.03.C2
Postgraduate Student      
Mustafa Ramadhan mustafa.ramadhan@cnri.dit.ie 7955 G.03.C3
Postgraduate Student      
Yi Ding yi.ding@cnri.dit.ie 7956 G.03.A3
Postgraduate student      
Fuhu Deng Fuhu.deng@cnri.dit.ie 7988 G.03.A4
Postgraduate student      
Jianhua Deng jianhua.deng@cnri.dit.ie 7951 G.03.C1
Postgraduate Student      
       
Physics Education Research Group      
Brian Bowe brian.bowe@dit.ie 4927 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Siobhan Daly siobhan.daly@dit.ie 4927 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics       
Cathal Flynn cathal.flynn@dit.ie 4787 DIT-Kevin St.
School of Physics      
Laura Walsh laura.walsh@dit.ie 7933 G.05.D3
Postgraduate Student      
Paul Irving paul.irving@dit.ie 7928 G.05.B1
Postgraduate Student      
       
CREST- Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology      
John Colreavy john.colreavy@dit.ie 7940 G.04.A1
Centre Director      
Paul Quinn paul.m.quinn@dit.ie 7943 G.04.A2
Consultancy Manager      
Ann Hopper ann.hopper@dit.ie 7945 G.04.A5
Consultancy Manager      
Suresh Pillai suresh.pillai@dit.ie 7946 G.04.B2
Senior Research Scientist      
Brendan Duffy brendan.duffy@dit.ie 7964 G.04.A4
Senior Research Scientist      
Niall Stobie niall.stobie@dit.ie 7948 G.04.B1
Materials Analyst      
Emer Ryan emer.ryan@dit.ie 7947 G.04.B4
Research Scientist      
Hugh Hayden h.hayden@dit.ie 7949 G.04.B3
Research Scientist      
Michael Whelan  michael.whelan@dit.ie 7968 G.04.A3
Research Scientist      
Rosaria Leyden rosaria.leyden@dit.ie 7969 G.04.B5
Research Scientist      
Mark Boylan mboylan@dit.ie 7984 1.04.A2
Postgraduate Student      
Vinod Etacheri vetacheri@dit.ie 7982 1.04.H4
Postgraduate Student      
Rajath Varma rajath.varma@dit.ie 7984 G.04.C3
Postgraduate Student      
Swarna Jaiswal swarna.jaiswal@dit.ie 7992 1.04.B4
Postgraduate Student      
Darragh Ryan darragh.ryan@dit.ie 7969 G.04.C2
Induastrial Researcher      
Aisling Kirwan aisling.kirwan@dit.ie 7945 G.04.A6
Consultancy      
Nicholas Nolan nicholas.nolan@dit.ie 7968 G.04.C1
Research Scientist      
Danail Hristov danail.hristov@live.com 7934 G.05.B3
External collaborator      
Personnel