Alejandro Vergara wins Top Young Bioeconomy Talent 2022

By Amanda Mathieson | 14/10/2022

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…

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Professor Eoin Casey receives ERC Advanced Grant 2021

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/05/2022

Congratulations to Professor Eoin Casey on receiving a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advance Grant 2021 funding award!  Professor Casey, Head of UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering and Principal Investigator at BiOrbic was awarded €2.5million by the ERC for ‘Analysis of Biofilm Solid Interactions Underpinning Wastewater Treatment.’  The ERC announced its most prestigious funding awards…

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