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ProfessorNiall English

Full Professor

School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8460-3540 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Full Professor
    School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
  • 01 716 1646
  • University College Dublin, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, Engineering Building Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Membership of the Royal Irish Academy
    16 Mar 2024
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Silver award to BioSimulytics in EIT-Digital Innovation-Team Awards 2024
    23 Feb 2024
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    "Earth:Chec" - EuroCC Digital Innovation Flagship
    1 Oct 2023
    Chair
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    APSAC '23 Special session on nanobubbles: session-papers editor and co-organiser (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 May 2023
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    J. Chem. Phys.: Guest editor of special issue on porous solids (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Feb 2023
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    International Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH)
    3 Nov 2022
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Academic Council Sub-Committee on Quality Enhancement
    1 Sep 2022
    Member
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    2022 Amazon AWS Software Start-Ups - Sustainability Champion - Silver Award for BioSimulytics Ltd.
    29 Apr 2022
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    2022 Global Health & Pharma Biotechnology Awards - Pioneer Award for BioSimulytics Ltd. in AI-Powered Drug Development - Leading Innovators in Molecular Modelling Technology
    23 Apr 2022
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    UCD spin-out of the year for BioSimulytics Ltd., Mar. 2022
    29 Mar 2022
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Children's online science class, Engineer's Week
    6 Mar 2022
    Online Science Class
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Class A HPC Award
    1 Nov 2021
    8 million core hours for state-of-the-art molecular-simulation research
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    UCD Eng & Arch "Research-Impact" Case Study: "Gas Hydrates – a Potential New Fuel Source or a Cause of Mass Extinctions?" (opens in a new tab)⁠
    8 Oct 2021
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    PCCP: Guest Editor of special issue on molecular simulation and reactivity in external electric fields
    1 Oct 2021
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Since 2020, ranked in upper 1% of Stanford Top Worldwide-Scientists List; DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6
    1 Oct 2021
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Article in Sunday Business Post about BioSimulytics seed round and early progress
    5 Sep 2021
    Article in Sunday Business Post about BioSimulytics seed round and early progress
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Best session-seminar award, International Conference on Engineering Education (Paris)
    20 Jul 2021
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    National Open Research Forum (NORF): Sub-committee on data-management infrastructure
    8 Apr 2021
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Data integrity and storage: tips of icebergs in rough seas ahead
    15 Mar 2021
    CESAER op-ed; https://www.cesaer.org/news/data-integrity-and-storage-tips-of-icebergs-in-rough-seas-ahead-857/
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Q&A Interview on technology commercialisation with 'Silicon-Republic'
    3 Mar 2021
    https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/niall-english-ucd-aquab-biosimulytics-research-spin-out
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Children's online science class, Engineer's Week
    27 Feb 2021
    Online science class
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Academic Council Sub-committee on student discipline and conduct
    1 Jan 2021
    Member
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering: Member of Editorial Advisory Panel
    1 Dec 2020
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    Applied Science: Guest Editor of special issue on Hydrogen Hydrates
    1 Dec 2020
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Microbes might be gatekeepers of the planets greatest greenhouse-gas reserves
    12 Nov 2020
    Article in "The Conversation"; https://theconversation.com/microbes-might-be-gatekeepers-of-the-planets-greatest-greenhouse-gas-reserves-149652