PRINCIPAL Investigator

Tia Keyes

Professor (Chair) of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, DCU

• Dr Nirod Kumar Sarangi 

My research interest revolves around understanding various biophysical phenomena such as membrane-protein, membrane-drug and protein-drug interactions at structured interfaces. Using various surface-sensitive spectroscopic methods such as EIS, Raman and FCS, etc, we aim to understand how drug permeation (passive or active) occurs at different eukaryotic plasma membranes to bacterial membrane

Funding body: Science Foundation Ireland, SFI Centre INSIGHT

• Dr Subrata Mondal

I am a biophysicist interested in understanding fundamental processes that influence neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. I use a range of spectroscopy and microscopy techniques to investigate the mechanism of protein aggregation, kinetics and dynamics. Additionally, I synthesise novel organic material for therapeutic and diagnostic applications. 

Funding body: Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions and SFI (NeuroInsight)