Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Development of techniques for more effective detection and monitoring of emerging chemical threats and endemic diseases affecting food safety and sustainable food production.
Research students
| PhD Title | Development of stable synthetic vaccines for mucosal-based protection of food producing animals |
| PhD Title | Development of sensor-based diagnostics for animal health applications |
| PhD Title | Targeted quantitative analysis of metabolites of emerging anabolic drugs of abuse by advanced mass spectrometry techniques |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Metabolomic approaches to assessing pre-slaughter stress in relation to beef quality |
| Current Position | Research Officer, Devenish Nutrition Ltd – Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Proteomic and metabolomic blood profiling to detect illegal drug use in food producing animals |
| Current Position | Higher Scientific Officer, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) – Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Biomarker screening tools to improve the control and prevention of endemic Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) |
| Current Position | Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Food Security – Queen’s University Belfast |