Past Judges
All submissions to The Irish Laboratory Awards are judged by an independent panel of recognised and distinguished judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors.
View a sample list of our past judges below and judge us by who judges you.
Dr. Fiona Blighe
Scientific Programme Manager, Science Foundation Ireland
Dr. Suzanne Bracken
Translational Research Manager, Clinical Research Development Ireland
Prof. John Cassidy
Assistant Head of School, School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, TU Dublin
Dr. Colin Clarke
Principal Investigator, NIBRT
Marie Coggins
Lecturer, School of Physics & Centre for Climate, and Air Pollution Studies, NUI Galway
Mary Dempsey
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at NUI Galway
Peter Doran
Director, UCD Clinical Research Centre
Dr. Adrienne Fleming
Lecturer in Science, Technological University Dublin
Gerald Fleming
Honorary President, Irish Science Teachers’ Association
Mark Glynn
Head of Learning Innovation Unit, Dublin City University
Finnian Hanrahan
Scientific Programme Manager, Research Centres, Science Foundation Ireland
Kieran Harvey
Director, Laboratory Operations, ICON Laboratory Services
Dr. Phil Hemmingway
Programme Manager, Science Foundation Ireland
Dr. Fionnuala Hickey
Research Development Officer, Faculty of Science & Health, Dublin City University
Patrick Hobbs
Editor, Irish Chemical News & Chemistry Ireland, Former President, Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
Bernadette Jackson
President, Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine
Lisa Keating
Scientific Programme Manager, Programmes Directorate, Science Foundation Ireland
Niamh Keon
Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Research & Innovation, Enterprise Ireland
Prof. Mike Lyons
Head of School of Chemistry, TCD
Frank Meinderink
Enterprise Excellence Lead, Ipsen Manufacturing Ireland
Matt Moran
Director, BioPharmaChem Ireland
Mary Mullaghy
Former Chairperson, Irish Science Teachers' Association
Dr. Janice Murtagh
Associate Director Medical Affairs, MSD Human Health
Yvonne Nolan
Professor in Neuroscience, University College Cork
Conor O'Brien
President, Irish Science Teachers Association
Irene Regan
President, Academy of Clinical Science & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Andrew Roche
Scientific Director, Global Validation, ScientificAffairs, ICON Laboratory Services
Siobhan Roche
Partnerships Manager, Science Foundation Ireland
Paul Simmons
Technical Manager, Enfer Labs
Prof Gavin Walker
Bernal Chair of Pharmaceutical Engineering, University of Limerick