Novel, disruptive solutions for improved valorisation and pasteurisation for anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW) collected by centralised retail food waste management companies

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

To optimise the frontloading of the pasteurisation process required for AD plants and carry it out at a single centralised facility and upgrading food waste to a high value feedstock. Enhance biomethane generation in food waste anaerobic digestion processes and improve resource recovery from digestate.PI: Prof. James Lyng, Dr. Ajay Menon, Staff: Devu Pengadeth (PhD)

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SHARING SOLUTIONS: Identifying, valorising and optimising food waste prevention and reduction via Food Sharing Initiatives (FSIs)

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

This project will establish and analyse the actual and potential sustainability (i.e. social, economic and environmental) impacts of ICT-mediated food sharing initiatives (FSIs), which include community growing, cooking, eating and surplus food redistribution activities, for waste prevention and reduction in Ireland in order to develop appropriate policy supports to meet SDG Target 12.3: to halve…

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Carbery

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

Use systems and synthetic biology to design a branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) overproducing microorganismPI: Prof. Kevin O’Connor, Staff: Dr. Si Liu (PD)

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Nutramara: Validation of Green Extraction and Bioactivity of Marine β-Glucans and assessment of seaweed bioactives for Human Health Applications

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

This research aims to validate and optimize the green extraction of β-glucan and other marine bioactives from Irish seaweed, focusing on their health benefits and potential applications in skincare and functional nutrition. With the increasing demand for sustainable, bioactive-rich ingredients, this study seeks to enhance Nutramara’s green chemistry-based extraction process while evaluating the functional properties…

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Development and Characterisation of sustainable lignin-based nanocomposites

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

Developing new cutting-edge synthetic routes that can tailor the molecular structure of lignin to produce carbon-based nanostructures. Julieta: To develop and characterize lignin-based nano-structured carbon materials for application in supercapacitor electrodes, focusing on the effect of hybridization with silica and varying synthesis parameters to optimize porosity and electrochemical performancePI: Dr. Maurice Collins, Staff: Julieta Nicole…

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