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Research projects

One-step drinking water treatment using nanofiltration and nanostructured composites

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2008 – 2011 Questor, Postgraduate Research Studentship - Novel Techniques for Pesticide Removal and Degradation from Drinking Water: A Comparative Study
2009 – 2012 Questor, Postgraduate Research Studentship - Development of novel adsorbents for the removal of high priority organic pollutants from water and wastewater using photocatalysis
2009 – 2013 Marie Curie Initial Training Network – ATWARM in collaboration with partners in Questor. Two Early Stage Researchers
2011 – 2012 DCU UDRI scheme 1 Postdoctoral fellow
Smart Nanomaterials for bioenergy technology - India-Ireland Research Exchange Programme, funded by DCU and Department of Science and Technology, India. Collaboration with IIT Madras and IICT Hyderabad, India (2011-2013);
QUESTOR (Northern Ireland) – PhD fellowship: Microbial fuel cells for energy recovery from wastewater (2011-2014). Fellow: Monica Epifanio
EU-Marie Curie International Reintegration Fellowship (P.N. FP7-231072): Electroactive Biofilms for Microbial Fuel Cells and Biosensors (2008-2012).
EPA STRIVE Doctoral Scholarship Scheme 2008 (P.N. 2008-PhD-EH-3): Genetic methods to improve Cr(VI) bioremediation in groundwater (2008-2011). Ph.D. student: Gabriele Pastorella.
EU - Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) – P.N. 247649 (2011-2012); Techniques for investigating Electron Transfer Processes in ElectroActive Biofilms.

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2004 - 2008 Environmental Protection Agency - Assessment of pharmaceutical residue levels and consequent potential health impacts in receiving waters at three Irish sewage treatment plants
2007 - 2010 Science Foundation Ireland, Research Frontiers Programme - Assessment of pharmaceutical residue levels in industrial wastewaters and their removal using photocatalysis
2007 - 2010 Questor, Postgraduate Research Studentship - Assessment of pharmaceutical residue levels in industrial waste waters and their removal using photocatalysis
2008 – 2010 Environmental Protection Agency, Masters award - Development of novel photocatalytic adsorbents for organics removal from water and wastewater
Protein Mediated Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticle: A Green Chemical Approach (2010-2011). National Access Programme NAP 294. Researcher: Dr. Sujoy K.Das

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A Green Chemical Approach for the Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles: Characterization and Mechanistic Aspect (10/2009-9/2011). Fellow: Dr. Sujoy Das.
Chemical Modified Electrodes for Microbial Fuel Cells and Biosensors (4/2010-3/2012). Fellow: Dr. Xiaoming Zhang.
Electrochemical enrichment of electro-active microbial consortia from abandoned Irish mines. (11/2009-10/2011)Fellow: Dr. Anand Jain.