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ProfessorEnda Cummins

Professor

School of Biosystems and Food Engineering

  • Professor
    School of Biosystems and Food Engineering
  • 01 716 7476
  • University College Dublin, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Agriculture and Food Science Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Risk assessment modelling, Food safety, Systems modelling, environmental contamination and human exposure risks - Prevention, control, treatment, management and risk analysis of Prion diseases - Enhancing human health through improved water quality - Dispersion and human risks from nanoparticles - Use of recovered food nutrients from food by-products to boost soil organic matter - Vulnerability of food and feed chains to dangerous agents and substances - Risk analysis based control of salmonella in pork - Risk assessment of acrylamide in potatoes - Risk assessment of E. coli O157:H7 in beef - Towards developing a microbial risk assessment model for Cryptosporidiosis - Plume dispersion modelling

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Enhancing knowledge of BIOmolecular solutions for the well-being of European AQUAculture sector (BIOAQUA)
    Cost - European Cooperation in Science and Technology1 Nov 2023 - 30 Oct 2024
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Understanding the fate of NBPT and other inhibitors during the milk processing
    Teagasc1 Sep 2018 - 30 Sep 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cummins E
  • GRANT
    Ensuring food safety in grass systems using NBPT treated urea (NBPT-Safe)
    Dept. Agriculture Food and the Marine (Dafm)1 Jun 2018 - 30 Sep 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cummins E
  • GRANT
    MSCA ETN - Predictive modelling tools to evaluate the effects of climate change on food safety (PROTECT)
    Enterprise Ireland (EI)28 Oct 2016 - 27 Jul 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cummins E
  • GRANT
    Detection Toxicology Environmental fate and Risk assessment of nanoparticles in the aquatic environment (DeTER)
    Environmental Protection Agency (Epa)2 Jan 2015 - 1 Jan 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cummins E
  • GRANT
    Tracking and assessing the Risk from Antibiotic Resistant genes using Chip technology in surface water Ecosystems (TRACE)
    Environmental Protection Agency (Epa)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cummins E
  • GRANT
    Quantitative Tools for Sustainable Food and Energy in the food chain (Q-SAFE)
    Ec - Dg Education and Culture (Dg Eac)1 Sep 2014 - 31 Aug 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cummins E