Posts Tagged ‘Alejandro Vergara’
Alejandro Vergara wins Top Young Bioeconomy Talent 2022
Huge congratulations to Alejandro Vergara on winning the Top Young Bioeconomy Talent 2022 at the All Island Bioeconomy Summit! In BiOrbic, Alejandro is a PhD student working with Prof. Kevin O’Connor and is an integral part of ‘Farm Zero C’, BiOrbic’s flagship project that aims to produce the world’s first carbon neutral dairy farm. Alejandro…
Read MoreDesigning an App to Help Farmers go Green
As a branch out exercise from Farm Zero C, some members of the research team are working on an app that would help farmers identify the environmental impacts of their farm, as well as come up with a tailored plan of mitigation strategies to implement. Farmers would simply upload data relating to their farm into…
Read MoreBack for the Future goes on tour!
This year, we took our online STEM escape room, Back for the Future, on tour around Ireland! As part of SFI Science Week and funded under its discover programme, 124 students and adults solved puzzles in an attempt to make Ireland sustainable and save the planet. Back for the Future is an escape room themed…
Read MoreExcelling in difficult times: Our Researchers of the Year for 2020
2020 was a difficult year for all. Restricted access to work environments, disruption to supply chains, mental health impacts and uncertainty of the future, all threatened to significantly impede research activities. Despite this, our researchers have remained committed to continuing their valuable work and have not only met with these challenges but have excelled in…
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