Assoc ProfessorDerek Costello

Associate Professor

School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science

  • Associate Professor
    School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science
  • 01 716 6775
  • University College Dublin, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute Belfield Dublin 4

BIO

Dec 2025 - date: University College Dublin
Associate Professor | UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science

 

Sept 2022 - Sept 2025: University College Dublin
Head of Neuroscience | UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science

 

Jan 2015 - Dec 2025: University College Dublin
Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Neuroscience & Pharmacology | UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science

Oct 2008 - Dec 2014: Trinity College Dublin
Research Fellow: Cellular Neuroscience & Neuroinflammation | Department of Physiology & Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
Temporary Lecturer: Department of Physiology

May 2004 - Sept 2008: University College London
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Cellular Neurophysiology | Department of Physiology

Oct 2003 - April 2004: University College Dublin
Teaching Assistant | Department of Physiology

Research Links: SBBS Research | Mechanisms of Disease (Neuroscience)

DEGREES

  • BSc
    University College Dublin
  • PhD
    University College Dublin
  • Prof Dip University Teaching & Learning, Prof Dip University Teaching & Learning
    University College Dublin