University College Dublin (UCD)

UCD is one of Europe’s leading research-intensive universities; an environment where undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity. UCD is currently ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide with over 33,000 students drawn from 144 countries, including almost 4,000 students based at locations outside of Ireland. The University’s main Dublin campus occupies an extensive parkland estate of 133 hectares and offers world-leading facilities including the UCD O’Brien Centre for Science, where the PhD student will be located, in Prof Emma Teeling’s newly developed laboratory and office space. The UCD O’Brien Centre for Science, represents the single largest capital investment in science in the history of the Irish State, with extensive development of state-of-the-art molecular facilities, laboratory and office spaces.​