Group Leader

Dr. Lewys Jones FRMS MInstP
Ussher Assistant Professor in Ultramicroscopy Royal Society & Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) University Research Fellow
Email lewys.jones@tcd.ie Phone+353 1 896 4171Principal Investigator
Research Fellows
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Commercialisation Team
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Fletcher Thompson
Commercialisation Manager
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Germano Motta
Engineering Specialist
PhD Researchers (alphabetical)
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Edward Gannon
PhD Researcher
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Patrick McBean
PhD Researcher
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Tiarnan Mullarkey
PhD Researcher
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Cameron O’Byrne
PhD Researcher
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Frances Quigley
PhD Researcher
2021 Group
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2019 Group
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2018 Group
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Students
Masters Students
2022
Nahush Kumbhar - Energy Science
Laidlaw scholars
Triyaa Gulati - 2022
Triyaa is a recipient of the Laidlaw Scholarship to research the presence and identification of micrometeorites in Dublin, inspired by Jon Larsen.
Michael Mitchell - 2020, 2021
Michael is a recipient of the Naughton Scholarship, the Hamilton Trust, the Laidlaw Scholarship, and is currently researching the use of machine learning in the denoising of electron microscopy images as part of the Laidlaw programme during the summer of 2020. He is founder and elected auditor of the Theoretical Physics Student Association.
Jean O’Brien - 2019, 2020
In 2018 Jean completed a summer research project entitled "Sample Preparation for Transmission Electron Microscopy" as part of the Ultramicroscopy group. She is a recipient of the Naughton Scholarship and the Laidlaw Scholarship and is currently researching microplastics in the environment in Ireland as part of the Laidlaw programme. Her project involves five weeks of research in the summer of 2019 and a further five weeks of research in the summer of 2020, after which she will produce a final report and poster.
Summer students
2022
- Oisin Fitzgerald
- Matthew Mosse
2021
- Donnacha Henchy
- Emma Hughes
- David McSharry
2020
- Peter O'Donovan
2018
- Michael Mitchell
- Jean O’Brien
- Claire Rieger
Final-year Project Students
2022
- Adam Browne
- Oisin Fitzgerald
- Sean Fulham
2021
- Maya Clinton
- Matthew Geever
- Jordan Kenny
2020
- Elizabeth Nelson
2019
- Grainne Allen
- Éanna Doyle
- Cameron O'Byrne
2018
- Connal McNamara
- Tiarnan Mullarkey
- Catriona Murphy
- Mark Murra