Research Interests amp; ExpertiseGenetics Biotechnology AgriResearch Climate Smart Agriculture Food Security Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Research Experience amp; EmploymentApril 2017 - Director of Ryan Institute for Sustainability, University of Galway.Sept 2009 - Established Professor (Chair) of Plant Science; Head of Discipline of Botany amp; Plant Science; Director of Agriculture and Bioeconomy Research Centre, University of Galway.June 2003 - Senior Lecturer (Scale B8) amp; Principal Investigator (SFI Investigator) heading plantagri genetics amp; biotechnology research lab at University College Cork, Ireland.2000-2003 Research Fellow at Institute of Plant Biology, Uni of Zürich, Switzerland.1999-2000 Research Fellow at Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland.1998-1999 Research Fellow with Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus at Delbruck Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), New York, USA.1997-1998 Genetic ResourcesPlant GeneticsBiotech Consultant with Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Centres (IPGRI, CIAT), Rome, Italy.1995-1997 Genetic Resources amp; Plant GeneticsBiotechnology Consultant with Food amp; Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome, Italy.1994-1995 Research Assistant with Prof. D. Baulcombe, Sainsbury Lab, John Innes Centre, Norwich. 1990-1991 Postgraduate diploma in Management for Engineers amp; Scientists at Dept. of Management Studies, Trinity College, Ireland.1988-1994 Ph.D. research on plantcropvirus molecular genetics with Dr. Tony Kavanagh, Genetics Dept, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.1984-1988 B.Sc. (Biotechnology) at Biology Dept, Dublin City University, Ireland.

Research expertise amp; interests: Plant and agricultural biosciencesGenetics, epigenetics and biotechnology research. Climate smart agricultureFood SecurityBiodiversity amp; agro-biodiversityClimate mitigation, adaptation amp; resilienceAgri biotechnology amp; sciencetechnology policy analysisScience and Technology for Sustainable Development

Lecturing TopicsPlant and agricultural genetics amp; biotechnology Genetics and epigenetics Sustainable development Food and livelihood security Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable agriculture Climate Smart Agriculture Climate Change, Agriculture amp; Food Security Climate Reslience Climate Mitigation Director of Educational ProgramsProgram Director of Masters degree program in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (MScCCAFS)Program Director of Masters degree program in AgriFood Sustainability and Technology (MScAST)Co-Director of denominated BSc degree program in Agricultural Science