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Welcome to the Ryan Research Group
The Ryan Research Group at the Bernal Institute is led by Professor Kevin M. Ryan who holds a Personal Chair in Chemical Nanotechnology at the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Limerick. He is coordinator of the H2020 EU projects Si-Drive and NEILLSBAT in the area of Li-ion and Lithium-Sulfur batteries respectively, Co-Principal Investigator on SFI Centres MaREI and AMBER and funded Investigator on SSPC. He is holder of SFI IVP and IRC Laureate awards. Previous affiliations included Marie Curie Fellowship positions at the University of California, Berkeley, USA and Merck Chemicals Southampton, UK following BSc and PhD degrees at University College Cork. The group research Interests are in Nanocrystals and Nanowires with emphasis on Synthesis, Assembly and Device Applications in ICT, Energy Storage (Batteries) and Energy Conversion Applications. The group also studies nucleation and growth in both hard (metal, semiconductor) and soft (pharmaceutical) nanocrystal materials with emphasis on size, shape and crystal phase control.
Address: MS1021, University of Limerick, Limerick Ireland. Phone: + 353 (61) 213167, Email: kevin.m.ryan(at)ul.ie.
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Current Research Team
Dr Cathal O’DonnellPost-Doctoral ResearcherBrief Bio (CV): Received BE in Electronic & Computer Engineering specialising in Electrical Engineering from University of Limerick (2017).
Completed PhD titled: Analysis and Accommodation of Effects of Wind Gusts for Offshore Directly Interconnected Wind Generation Systems supervised by Prof Daniel Toal in the University of Limerick (2022). During his PhD, Cathal investigated a novel power interconnection technique for offshore wind generation in order to minimize requirements for high rate of failure components to be located offshore, instead relocating and sharing this infrastructure to centralized platforms or entirely onshore. Cathal’s current project funded through SEAI focuses on second life use of EV battery packs for smart grid applications.
Nandita Biswas Research Assistant (Joint with Dr Ning Liu)Date of start: 17th September, 2018
Research Interests: Synthesizing and Aligning nanorods for LED application
Maria Zubair PhD Student (SFI) Jointly supervised with Dr S SinghResearch interest: Material Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Colloidal Synthesis
Mohini Mishra Phd Student Joint with Dr S SinghPhD Student Feb 2019 Start
Research Interests: Synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals, characterization, and assembly.
Dr Michela OttavianiPostdoctoral Researcher Si-Drive Project Research Interests: Silicon nanowires as anodes for Lithium-ion batteries
Adrian Hannon PhD Student Primary supervisor Dr T Kennedy Research Interests: Nanodevice Fabrication, Nanowire Synthesis, Charge Carrier Mechanisms & Behaviour, Materials Characterisation, Nano Deposition Techniques
Seamus KilianFormer PhD Student (SFI/M-ERA)PhD Start Date Oct 2017; Graduated in December 2021
Research Interests: Nanomaterials for Li-ion Batteries, Si Nanowire Synthesis, Battery Testing, Nanomaterial Characterization.
Fiona McGrathFormer Phd Student (IRC/Intel) PhD Student Graduated 2021
Research interests: Nanoparticle Synthesis, Materials for Sustainable Energy, Perovskites
Huan Ren Former PhD Student (SFI) Joint with Prof C. McCarthyPhD student Graduated 2020
Research Interests: Morphology control and polytypic studies in colloidal nanocrystals
Brief Bio (CV): Received BE in Electronic & Computer Engineering specialising in Electrical Engineering from University of Limerick (2017).
Completed PhD titled: Analysis and Accommodation of Effects of Wind Gusts for Offshore Directly Interconnected Wind Generation Systems supervised by Prof Daniel Toal in the University of Limerick (2022). During his PhD, Cathal investigated a novel power interconnection technique for offshore wind generation in order to minimize requirements for high rate of failure components to be located offshore, instead relocating and sharing this infrastructure to centralized platforms or entirely onshore. Cathal’s current project funded through SEAI focuses on second life use of EV battery packs for smart grid applications.
Date of start: 17th September, 2018
Research Interests: Synthesizing and Aligning nanorods for LED application
Research interest: Material Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Colloidal Synthesis
PhD Student Feb 2019 Start
Research Interests: Synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals, characterization, and assembly.
Research Interests: Silicon nanowires as anodes for Lithium-ion batteries
Research Interests: Nanodevice Fabrication, Nanowire Synthesis, Charge Carrier Mechanisms & Behaviour, Materials Characterisation, Nano Deposition Techniques
PhD Start Date Oct 2017; Graduated in December 2021
Research Interests: Nanomaterials for Li-ion Batteries, Si Nanowire Synthesis, Battery Testing, Nanomaterial Characterization.
PhD Student Graduated 2021
Research interests: Nanoparticle Synthesis, Materials for Sustainable Energy, Perovskites
PhD student Graduated 2020
Research Interests: Morphology control and polytypic studies in colloidal nanocrystals
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