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Carina Brehony
Local Volunteer
I’m an epidemiologist at the national Health Protection Surveillance Centre, working in the Respiratory Virus Unit. My PhD and research background is in pathogen genomic and molecular epidemiology.

Niamh Petrie
Local Volunteer
My name is Niamh Petrie. I'm a PhD student in the Maynooth University Psychology Department. I'm passionate about promoting science communication and ensuring research is accessible to the public.

Julia Dietlmeier
Local Volunteer
Julia Dietlmeier is a postdoctoral researcher at the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at Dublin City University (DCU). Julia holds a PhD degree from DCU. She is working with Artificial Intelligence, Machine and Deep Learning, Medical Imaging and Computer Vision. She is a member of …

Dawn Higgins
Local Volunteer
Lecturer in Psychology in Carlow College St Patrick’s, research areas include neuropsychology including dementia assessment and education. Passionate about bringing science to the public, and supporting students to engage with research in real world settings.

Trevor Prendergast
Team Lead
Trevor Prendergast is an experienced academic manager and holds a doctorate of education from Durham University, UK. Coming from a computer science background, he has worked on three continents and enjoys not only learning, but helping others to learn. He has been known to enjoy pints and enjoy scie…