Staff

Liam Lewis

Head of Centre

Liam Lewis

Head of Centre

Liam Lewis received his Ph.D. from (UCC) Tyndall Institute in 2007. After working as a post-Doctoral researcher for 12 months he moved to a position of research engineer at the newly formed Centre …

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William Whelan-Curtin

Nanophotonics Group Leader

William Whelan-Curtin (Liam O' Faolain)

Research Coordinator

Dr. William Whelan-Curtin (Liam O’ Faolain) received a B.Sc. from University College Cork and his Ph.D. degree from the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2005. He then became a postdoctoral researcher at University of …

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David Williams

Research Coordinator

David Williams

Research Coordinator

David Williams received a first class honours B.Sc. degree in Physics & Mathematics from University College Cork in 2002, and his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Tyndall National Institute, UCC, in 2006 …

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Stephen Hegarty

Lead Scientist

Stephen Hegarty

Lead Scientist

Stephen P. Hegarty joined the Cork Institute of Technology as a Senior Lecturer in 2014. He obtained both his B.Sc. in Science and his Ph.D. in Physics from University College, Cork. In 1998 he joined Corning …

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Milosz Przyjalgowski

Senior Research Fellow

Milosz Przyjalgowski

Senior Research Fellow

Milosz Przyjalgowski has M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from National University of Ireland Galway. His doctoral research was concerned with the development of high …

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Michael McAuliffe

Senior Research Fellow

Michael McAuliffe

Senior Research Fellow

Michael McAuliffe is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA), Munster Technological University. His research area is multidisciplinary …

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Chinna Devarapu

Senior Research Fellow

Chinna Devarapu

Researcher Fellow

Chinna Devarapu completed his M.Sc. Physics from Banaras Hindu University and M. Tech in applied physics from Indian Institute of Technology from IIT Delhi. As part of his master’s thesis, he built a confocal microscope …

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Krishnakumar Chullipalliyalil

Researcher

Krishnakumar Chullipalliyalil

Researcher

Dr. Krishnakumar Chullipalliyalil is a researcher in the Centre for Advanced Photonics & Process Analysis in Munster Technological University. He was awarded Ph.D. in Physics from University College Cork in 2017. The area of study …

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Killian Barton

Researcher

Killian Barton

Researcher

Dr Killian Barton is a postdoctoral researcher in the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) in Munster Technological University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Dublin Institute …

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Maria Kotlyar

Researcher

Maria Kotlyar

Postdoctoral Researcher

Maria graduated from Samara State University, Russia with a first-class honours diploma in Physics in 2001. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland in 2005, supervised by Professor Thomas F Krauss …

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Tomasz Piwonski

Senior Researcher

Tomasz Piwonski

Postdoctoral Researcher

Tomasz Piwonski obtained a Doctorate in technical science from the Institute of Electron Technology (IET), Warsaw, Poland. Currently he works as a Staff Researcher in CAPPA@Tyndall. His present activities include …

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Martina Connolly

CAPPA@Tyndall

Martina Connolly

CAPPA@Tyndall

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Venkata Vamsi B Yallapragada

Researcher

Venkata Vamsi B Yallapragada

Researcher

Dr. Venkata Vamsi B Yallapragada is an interdisciplinary researcher with academic background in synthetic biology, biophotonics and hardware for biomedical applications. He has special interests in bridging the gap between technology and life sciences …

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Hadi Badri

Research Fellow

Hadi Badri

Researcher

Hadi joined the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellow under the SPARKLE fellowship programme in September 2022. He will work on integrated optical frequency comb …

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Artem Vorobev

Researcher

Artem Vorobev

Researcher

Dr Artem Vorobev completed his BSc and MSc degrees with honours in Radio Engineering at the Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev–KAI (KNRTU-KAI, Russia) with …

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Gabriele Biagi

Researcher

Gabriele Biagi

Researcher

Gabriele has a master’s degree in Electronic Engineering obtained at Polytechnic of Bari. During his MSc, he carried out an internship entitled “Atmospheric turbulence impact on the continuous-variable  …

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Finbarr Buckley

Researcher

Finbarr Buckley

Researcher

Finbarr graduated from University College Cork with a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds. He undertook a PhD at the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) at Cork …

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Gautham Paikkath

Researcher

Gautham Paikkath

Researcher

Gautham did his Marie-Curie double doctorate at Munster Technological University (host), Ireland and Politecnico di Bari (co-host), Italy …

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Mejdi Nciri

Researcher

Mejdi Nciri

Researcher

 

Nicola Maraviglia

Researcher

Nicola Maraviglia

Researcher

Dr Nicola Maraviglia received his BSc and MSc degree in physics from the University of Naples Federico II with a final year thesis on …

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Satheesh Chandran Pottassery Meledath

Researcher

Satheesh Chandran Pottassery Meledath

Researcher

 

Rutvij Tambi

Researcher

Rutvij Tambi

Researcher

 

Ajmal Thottoli

Researcher

Ajmal Thottoli

Researcher

 

Niamh Fitzgerald

Researcher

Niamh Fitzgerald

Researcher

Niamh is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at CAPPA, specialising in optical design, imaging, and aberration theory …

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Students

Adarsh Ananthachar

Ph.D. Student

Adarsh Ananthachar

Ph.D. Student

Adarsh received his Bachelors I Physics from Jain Univ, India in 2016 and Masters in Photonics from Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Univ, India. As part of his graduate course …

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Madhumidha Murugan

Ph.D. Student

Madhumidha Murugan

Ph.D. Student

Madhumidha is a Ph.D. student in the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) under the supervision of Dr Liam O’ Faolain. She is currently working on the WaterMon project of real time water quality monitoring technology …

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Taynara Oliveira

Ph.D. Student

Taynara Oliveira

Ph.D. Student

Taynara received her M.Sc. in Science from Universidade Tecnológica do Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil, in 2019 and her M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy …

Savda Sam

Ph.D. Student

Savda Sam

Ph.D. Student

Savda obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC). She worked for three years as assistant lecturer at ITC before moving to Italy to pursue her Master’s degree …

Samira Jastan

Ph.D. Student

Samira Jastan

Ph.D. Student

Samira received her B.Sc. in physics from University of Tabriz, Iran. She then completed her M.Sc. in photonics at Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science (IASBS). During her master’s degree, she was working in the field of …

Daniela Lopez Henao

Ph.D. Student

Daniela Lopez Henao

PhD Student

Daniela received ed her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Colombia in 2019. During her studies, she worked on FTIR microbiological pigment characterization …

Salvador Abraham Medina Rangel

Ph.D. Student

Salvador Abraham Medina Rangel

Ph.D. Student

Salvador graduated form Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, with a B. Eng. degree in Electronics in 2018 followed by a M. Sc. in Astrophysics with a focus on astronomical instrumentation by the National Institute for …

Jack Wall

Masters Student

Jack Wall

Ph.D. Student

Jack received his BSc in joint honours ‘Physics and Applied Mathematics’ from U.C.C. in 2021. While a student in U.C.C., he was involved in various projects with the Department of Physics involving the mathematical modelling of laser …

Davide Monopoli

Ph.D. Student

Davide Monopoli

Ph.D. Student

Davide received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electronics Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bari (POLIBA), Italy, in 2022 …

Cian Twomey

Ph.D. Student

Cian Twomey

Ph.D. Student

Cian received his Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Physics from University College Cork in 2022. This course is operated jointly between UCC and MTU and covers fundamental physics with hands-on industrial training …

Jenitta Johnson Mapranathukaran

Ph.D. Student

Jenitta Johnson Mapranathukaran

Ph.D. Student

Jenitta received her M.Tech. in Optoelectronics and Laser Technology from the International School of Photonics (ISP) at Cochin University of Science And Technology (CUSAT), India, in 2020 and her B.Tech. in …

Diego Foglini

Masters Student

Diego Foglini

Masters Student

Diego received his Bachelor Degree in Physics from Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy, with a thesis on …

Jyoti Mishra

Ph.D. Student

Jyoti Mishra

Teagasc Walsh Fellowship Ph.D. Student

 

Kaynat Alvi

Ph.D. Student

Kaynat Alvi

Ph.D. Student

She received her master’s degree in physics from the Syed Babar Ali Institute of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan in June 2020 …

Ailbhe O'Cathasaigh

Masters Student

Ailbhe O'Cathasaigh

Masters Student

 

Giovanni Piscopo

Ph.D. Student

Giovanni Piscopo

Ph.D. Student

Giovanni completed his BSc in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering in Polytechnic University of Bari and his MSc in Telecommunication Systems at the same University …

Christian Corcoran

Ph.D. Student

Christian Corcoran

Ph.D. Student

Christian completed a BSc in Analytical Chemistry with Quality Assurance in MTU, Cork. He is currently a PhD student working on an on-chip gas sensor …

Arathi Parambimadam

Ph.D. Student

Arathi Parambimadam

Ph.D. Student

Arathi earned her B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) and completed her M.Tech in Optoelectronics and Laser Technology (OE&LT) at the International School of Photonics (ISP), CUSAT, India …

Jarni Braal

Ph.D. Student

Jarni Braal

Ph.D. Student

Jarni received his Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Physics jointly from University College Cork (UCC) and Munster Technological University (MTU) in 2021 …

Prachi Upadhyay

Ph.D. Student

Prachi Upadhyay

PROTEMIC MSCA Fellow/Ph.D. Student

 

Elyas Nasimdoust

Ph.D. Student

Elyas Nasimdoust

PROTEMIC MSCA Fellow/Ph.D. Student

 

Associated Staff

David Goulding

Vice Dean, Faculty of Science & Informatics

David Goulding

Vice Dean Academic Affairs, Faculty of Science & Informatics

David Goulding, graduated from University College Cork in 2002, with a first class B.Sc. Joint Honours degree in Mathematics and with an M.Sc. in Physics in 2004. His M.Sc. research was focused on spontaneous …

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Natalia Rebrova

Lecturer

Natalia Rebrova

Lecturer

Dr. Natalia Rebrova is a lecturer in the Department of Physical Sciences at Munster Technological University. She joined CAPPA in 2013 …
 

Donagh O' Mahony

Head of Department of Physical Sciences

Donagh O' Mahony

Head of Department

Dr. Donagh O Mahony is Head of Department of Physical Sciences in Munster Technological University.

Steven Darby

Technical Officer

Steven Darby

Technical Officer

Dr Steven Darby obtained a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Chemistry from University College Cork and an Msci in Chemistry from University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He has worked in a number of different industries. He is a researcher …

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Recent Alumni

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Anton Walsh

Researcher

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Marketing Manager

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Researcher

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MSCA Ph.D. Student

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MSCA Ph.D. Student

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