SSPC’s Reabetswe Zwane, DCU, industry placement at APC Ltd.
I am a final year PhD student at Dublin City University. My PhD project is in computational chemistry, where I model pharmaceutical drugs....
SSPC’s Shubham Vishnoi, UL, industry placement at APC Ltd.
My name is Shubham Vishnoi, I am an SSPC funded PhD student at the University of Limerick (UL). In September 2019, I started my PhD in the...
Alkermes collaboration awarded SSPC Industry Impact of the Year
SSPC Industry Impact of the Year has been awarded to a collaboration between Alkermes Athlone, SSPC, the SFI Research Centre for...
SSPC’s Alex Horan, UCD, industry placement at MSD Ballydine
A key impact of SSPC is the creation of a unique talent pipeline with the transition rate of SSPC researchers to industry. One of the key...
SSPC’s Gaffney Kapito, UCD, industry placement at SK biotek Ireland
My name is Gaffney Kapito and I am a final year PhD student in University College Dublin under the supervision of Dr Eoghan McGarrigle. My...
SSPC’s Amy Lowry, UCC, industry placement at MSD Ballydine
“For other PhD students, I think an industrial placement would be a very useful experience. If looking to work in industry in the future,...
SSPC Research Article of the Year
Congratulations to Prof. Donal O’Shea and Dr Dan Wu at Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) Department of Chemistry on being awarded Research Article of the Year 2020 for their publication: “Potential for release of pulmonary toxic ketene from vaping pyrolysis of vitamin E acetate” Donal O’Shea; Dan W. (2020) PNAS.
Dr Aisling Ryan SSPC Education & Public Engagement Champion of the Year
SSPC Education & Public Engagement Champion of the Year was awarded to Dr Aisling Ryan, RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, who demonstrated commitment to and flair for public engagement and outreach in 2020.
Paul O’Dowd SSPC Industrial PhD Placement award winner
Paul O’Dowd is a PhD researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). Paul took up a placement with Clarochem as part of SSPC’s industry placement programme and recently won the SSPC Industrial PhD Placement Award for exceptional and impactful PhD placement experiences.

























