Following her undergraduate studies in Applied Chemistry at WIT Katie was recommended for the PhD position by her final year WIT School of Science lecturers
My PhD title
Development of a Carotenoid-enriched Hen Egg as a Novel Food to Augment Serum and Macular Carotenoids in Healthy Individuals
PhD funding
The Howard Foundation, Downing College, Cambridge
Year graduated
2015
Supervisors
Dr Wayne Cummins
Prof David Thurnham
Related academic school/research centre at WIT
School of Science
Current job title and employer
Validation Engineer, Sanofi Ltd
Path into research
I completed my undergraduate studies at WIT and was recommended for the PhD position by my final year WIT Lecturers.
WIT qualifications:
Postgraduate Certificate (Lv. 9) in Advanced Chromatographic Techniques 2014
BSc (Hons) in Applied Chemistry and Quality Management 2010
BSc in Applied Chemistry 2009
Higher Certificate in General Science 2008
What are you doing now?
New product introduction of lyophilised enzyme therapies for the treatment of rare genetic diseases
Links
25 years of PhD graduates was marked at Waterford Institute of Technology in 2018. The institute was one the first of Ireland's regional technical colleges to award PhDs in 1993.
SETU Waterford, Cork Road, Waterford City, 
