PMTC - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow With the PMTC at the University of Limerick
Dr. David Egan is a Senior Research Fellow with the PMTC at the University of Limerick, leading the strategic research theme of Process Control & Optimisation within PMTC.
Beginning with a Degree in Materials Science from Limerick, David undertook his Masters on Non-Proliferation of nuclear materials while working at the EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Belgium.
Upon returning to Limerick, David completed his PhD with a study of materials for Planar Transformers for high frequency switch mode power supplies. Following this was a decade in industry working with ultra-hard materials (Diamond & cBN) where during this time David developed many innovative products and processes for use in the stone cutting, mining and exploration industries.
2014 saw David make the move to the PMTC and over the preceding 6 years, during which time he has been awarded over 1.3M in funding to undertake collaborative research focused on pharmaceutical process control and optimization.
David is Inventor / co-Inventor on 21 patents based on his work during this time and Dr. Egan has many published articles and mentored multiple Industrial Masters and PhDs while undertaking his research at the University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow With the
Dr. Marcus O'Mahony is a Senior Research Fellow with the PMTC, leading the strategic research theme of Data Analytics within the centre.
With a career spanning over 20 years across a variety of research roles, Rabah brings extensive experience to the role of Research Centre Manager.
Rabah holds a PhD in Physics "Optical Materials, Photonics and Systems" and his research interests are in the area of photonics focusing on the development and implementation of true non-contact, non-destructive metrological techniques based on optical micro-spectroscopies (UV, IR, Raman, Fluorescence, FTIR, CARS, SRS) for applications in materials and biosciences. These techniques have a wide appeal in (bio)nanotechnology, (bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing and biomedical devices, and continue to prove their usefulness as process analytical technologies (PAT).
Rabah is also interested in the use of novel computational modelling methods (COSMO-RS) to predict Physico-chemical properties (solubility, activity coefficient, partition coefficients log(P)) of solids and liquids.
Rabah is an experienced researcher in biophotonics, optical Instrumentation and true noncontact metrology with over 20 years of experience in the field. Throughout his career to date, he has conducted world-class research in collaboration with national and international scientists. He has also worked closely with industrial partners in both the medical devices and pharmaceutical manufacturing sectors and presently acts as a reviewer for scientific journals and funding organizations.
Rabah has extensive experience in leading and managing successful projects and attracting funding, having secured over 1.9M from different industrial and governmental sources to fund his research. In a recent innovation partnership programme (IPP) with a Multinational pharmaceutical company, his research output reduced their cleaning time by 35 % and the cost by 30%. Likewise, in another IPP in collaboration with a medical device multinational, he has developed a novel non-destructive technology to characterise Drug-eluting Stents (DES) and to quantify the dosage (concentration) and the polymorphisms of the coating.
Job Titles:
- Consultant Engineer, Eli Lilly Kinsale