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DrDarren O'Connell

SFI-IRC Pathway Fellow

School of Biology and Environmental Science

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  • SFI-IRC Pathway Fellow
    School of Biology and Environmental Science
  • 01 716 2681
  • University College Dublin, School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre - East Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My general research interests include molecular ecology, speciation, island biogeography, network ecology, biodiversity monitoring and behavioural ecology.

GRANTS

  • SEED FUNDING
    Gut Feelings: Microbiota, Varroa and the Hidden Drivers of Honey Bee Health
    Eva Crane Trust1 Sep 2026 - 28 Feb 2028
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  • SEED FUNDING
    Uncovering the Hidden Half: low-cost DNA Barcoding to Reveal Solitary Bee Diversity and Habitat Associations in Ireland
    Irish Naturalists' Journal27 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2027
    People funded by this grant:
  • PROJECT GRANT
    The genomics of adaptation in a hyper-diverse genus of bees: the past present and future of important wild pollinators
    Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Sep 2024 - 1 Sep 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • O'Connell D
  • GRANT
    The ecological genomics of a hyper-diverse genus of wild pollinators
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jones J
  • GRANT
    On the origin of cryptic species: a natural experiment in guild structure modification
    Irish Research Council1 Oct 2014 - 30 Sep 2018
    For my PhD research I was awarded an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Studentship. This focused on the speciation and island biogeography of Indonesian birds, with a particular focus on the rapidly evolving Zosterops and Todiramphus lineages.