Ciaran O’Malley
I’m Ciaran O’Malley and I earned my B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc (Chemistry) from the University of Galway with my masters research focused on polymorphic control of pharmaceutical compounds by sublimation onto polycrystalline templates. I then carried out my PhD working with Dr. Andrea Erxleben and Prof. Patrick McArdle in the area of the crystal growth and design of multicomponent pharmaceuticals. My doctoral research included the design and synthesis of binary and ternary systems, the development of the sublimation method to reliably produce multicomponent crystals and morphology control over crystalline systems.
My research has been published in various reputed journals with eleven articles published thus far and I was the recipient of the NUIG School of Chemistry BOC postgraduate research award for 2022. Currently as a postdoctoral researcher at the Actuate lab I am investigating the creation of orientated polycrystalline biomolecular films. In my spare time I enjoy woodworking and DIY, cooking and reading.
Suman Bhattacharya
earned his B.Sc (Hons) from Asutosh College (University of Calcutta) Kolkata in 2005, and M.Sc (Chemistry) from Thanthai Hans Roever College (Bharathidasan University) in 2007. He joined Prof Binoy K. Saha, Pondicherry University for his M.Phil dissertation and continued his research for a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Saha. His doctoral research was focused on cocrystal synthesis, inclusion complexes, polymorphism, and thermal expansion of organic crystalline materials.
After the award of his doctorate in 2014, Suman joined Prof P. Dastidar, at the Indian Institute for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, working on crystal engineering of metallogels. In 2015, Suman was awarded the AsCA Rising Star award by the Asian Crystallographic Association for his doctoral research. He received a research grant in the form of the National Postdoctoral fellowship, from the Dept. of Science and Technology, India in 2015. In 2016, Suman joined the Zaworotko group at the University of Limerick, funded by a two-year IRC-SET postdoctoral fellowship, and received his formative training in MOF chemistry. This was followed by a short stay of seven months at the Erxleben group, NUI Galway, funded by the SSPC Ireland.
Suman has published his research in various reputed journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the American Chemical Society, which includes Crystal Growth and Design, Organic Letters, and Crystal Engineering Communications. He has been an active reviewer for the journals Crystal Engineering Communications, and the Journal of Molecular Structure. While not in the lab, Suman enjoys playing the classical guitar, cooking, and spending time with his family.