Simon White

email: Simon.White@ul.ie

Education

National Certificate in Agriculture (1972), Diploma in Dairy Husbandry (1973), Master Farmer certificate award (1977)

BSc.(2003) Environmental Science (1^st Class Honours), CES Department, Univeristy of Limerick, Co. Limerick

Professional Experience

25 years farm management running a pedigree dairy herd and commercial continental suckler herd

9 years as a farmers' representative with the Irish Farmers Association

1 year as an associate researcher in UL on phosphorus levels in soils

Research Activities

Towards the development of a biosensor using mesoporous materials.

Work summary:

Study of the adsorption of anti IgG onto mesoporous silicates and their subsequent binding of Gamma IgG antigen. Synthesis of mesoporous silicate materials and their characterisation. The generation of adsorption isotherms from the adsorption of enzymes onto the external and internal surfaces of mesoporous silicates. Synthesis of new mesoporous carbon materials using mesoporous silicates as templates, their characterization and examination of their electrochemical properties when redox proteins are immobilised onto their surfaces.

Methods: Chemical synthesis (reactors, refluxing, calcination). XRD, ASAP, TEM, Raman (for characterisation). Voltammetry. Spectroscopy (enzyme adsorption).