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
Dan Milbourne
Research Officer
Atikur Rahman
Crop Scientist (Research Officer)- Oats Agronomy and Physiology
Vijaya Bhaskar
Research Officer
Maria Leyva
MSCA Postdoctoral FellowTechnologists
Deirdre Doyle
Technologist
Fiona Hutton
Technologist
Colum Kennedy
Technologist
Fergus Meade
Technologist
Helena Meally
TechnologistTechnicians
Olivia Aylesbury
Technician
Brendan Burke
Farm Manager
Paul Challoner
Technician
Katie Hetherington
Technician
Helena Hennessy
Technician
David Kelly
Technician
Theo Kelly
Technician
Gemma Merrin
Technician
Leona Murphy
Technician
Liam Sheppard
Technician
Rachel Keirse
Technician
Martin Walsh
TechnicianFarm Staff
Donal Brennan
Farm Staff
Martin Brennan
Farm Staff
Gregory Deering
Farm Staff
John Paul Fenlon
Farm Staff
Anthony Heffernan
Farm Staff
Alan Hendy
Farm Staff
Daniel Keogh
Farm Staff
Michael Murphy
Farm Staff
Frank O'Brien
Farm Staff
Alex O'Mara
Farm Staff
Frank Ryan
Farm Staff
Michael Larkin
Farm StaffPost Doc/Fellows
Zeratsion Abera Desta
Postdoctoral Researcher
Diana Bucur
Postdoctoral Researcher
Amanpreet Kaur
Research Leaders 2025 fellow (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow)
Simranjit Kaur
Postdoctoral Researcher
Yoann Viala
Postdoctoral ResearcherAdministration
Sharon Brennan
Administration
Eleanor Butler
Campus Administrator
Mary O'Loughlin
Administration
Claire Tobin
AdministrationWalsh Scholars and Institutional Affiliations
Virgile Ballandras
Jamie Leigh Carter (PhD, University of Redding)
Lucie Cases (IT Carlow)
Sinead Dermody (IT Carlow)
Jack Jameson (MSc, University College Dublin)
Stephen Kehoe (PhD, University College Dublin )
Fatima Latif Azam (Wageningen University)
Charlotte Morgan (TCD)
Jack Perry (PhD Harper Adams University)
Antoine Pichon (PhD, University of Rennes)
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)
Rabisa Zia (NUI Galway)
Tapiwa Zengeza (IT Carlow)