Pillar 3
Research Areas
Carbery
Use systems and synthetic biology to design a branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) overproducing microorganism
Primary Investigator
Prof. Kevin O'Connor
Staff
Dr. Si Liu (PD)
Funding Source
Industry
Process Conversion and upcycling of food waste into higher value products
Primary Investigator
Prof. Jim Lyng, Peter McDonnell, Dr. Emma Feeney
Staff
James Kitoto Anyange (MSc)
Funding Source
Industry
Novel, disruptive solutions for improved valorisation and pasteurisation for anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW) collected by centralised retail food waste management companies
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.
Primary Investigator
Prof. James Lyng, Dr. Ajay Menon
Staff
Devu Pengadeth (PhD)
Funding Source
Research Ireland
SHARING SOLUTIONS: Identifying, valorising and optimising food waste prevention and reduction via Food Sharing Initiatives (FSIs)
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…
Primary Investigator
Prof. Anna Davis
Staff
Winnie Yegon (PhD)
Funding Source
Research Ireland
Plastox
Plastox: Machine Learning Combined with Spectral Imaging for Inferring the Toxicity of Micro- and Nanoplastics
Staff
Junli (Lily) Xu
Funding Source
European Research Council
UPCYCLE
Sustainable plastic biorefinery for recyclable and biodegradable packaging
Staff
Tanja Narancic
Funding Source
Horizon Europe
Green Chemistry for the Bioeconomy, Pillar 3
Bioinspired catalysis for CO2 copolymerization
Synthesis of CO2 based biodegradable polymers using novel…