Staff
Crop Science Department
John Spink
Head of Programme
Ewen Mullins
Head of Crop Science DepartmentResearch Officers
Sheila Alves
Research Officer
Susanne Barth
Research Officer
Stephen Byrne
Research Officer
Dermot Forristal
Research Officer
Denis Griffin
Research Officer
Richie Hackett
Research Officer
Stephen Kildea
Research Officer
Louise McNamara
Research Officer
Mike McLaughlin
Teagasc Adjunct Senior Fellow
Dan Milbourne
Research Officer
Atikur Rahman
Crop Scientist (Research Officer)- Oats Agronomy and PhysiologyTechnologists
Deirdre Doyle
Technologist
Fiona Hutton
Technologist
Colum Kennedy
Technologist
Helena Meally
TechnologistTechnicians
Olivia Aylesbury
Technician
Paul Challoner
Technician
Francesca Mesiti
Technician
Jeanne Moore
Technician
Leona Murphy
Technician
Rachel Keirse
Technician
Maria Leyva
Technician
Martin Walsh
TechnicianFarm Staff
Brendan Burke
Farm Manager
Donal Brennan
Farm Staff
Martin Brennan
Farm Staff
Gregory Deering
Farm Staff
John Paul Fenlon
Farm Staff
Anthony Heffernan
Farm Staff
Luke Hyland
Farm Staff
Alan Hendy
Farm Staff
Daniel Keogh
Farm Staff
Michael Murphy
Farm Staff
Frank O'Brien
Farm Staff
Michael Larkin
Farm Workshop ForemanPost Doc/Fellows
Sergei Kouchnir
Postdoctoral Researcher
Yoann Viala
Postdoctoral Researcher
Amanpreet Kaur
Research Leaders 2025 fellow (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow)Administration
Sharon Brennan
Administration
Eleanor Butler
Administration
Claire Tobin
AdministrationWalsh Scholars and Institutional Affiliations
Tomás Byrne (PhD, Trinity College Dublin)
Diana Bucur (PhD, University of Hertfordshire)
Jamie Leigh Carter (PhD, University of Redding)
Mary Fitzpatrick (PhD, University College Dublin)
Elena Grosu (PhD, IT Carlow)
Jack Jameson (MSc, University College Dublin)
Jie Kang (PhD University of Otago)
Stephen Kehoe (PhD, University College Dublin )
Thomas Kwambai (PhD )
Aisling Moffat (PhD, University of Edinburgh)
Yuwei Qin (PhD, Wageningen University)
Alys Haf Reid Bacon (PhD, Aberystwyth University )
Maximilian Schughart (PhD, University College Dublin)
Vasiliki Tagkouli (PhD, University of Redding)
Sara Tudor (PhD, Aberystwyth University)
Lea Vexler (PhD, Wageningen University)