DrDonal Mac Kernan

The focus of Donal's work is the development of protein-based molecular switches via physics-based rational design and genetic engineering to modulate protein function in response to immunogenic and RNA/DNA biomarkers in in-vitro assays and in living cells. Functions include optical activity, scattering, and cytotoxicity for chemotherapeutics. This has led to  two patent filings. He has been the PI for multiple awards with an aggregate value of over 2M€.  Other research interests: molecular simulation, non-adiabatic quantum dynamics, chaos theory, and AI.  He is also the director of the Irish CECAM node www.cecam.org  and a Fellow of the Conway Institute for Biomedical and Biomolecular Research

His PhD  in the physical sciences was in Chaos theory at the University Libre de Bruxelles which was awarded with "Le plus grand distinction", after which he did postdoctoral wor in Rome and Lyon in non-adibatic quantum dynamics, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin.