Dr. Iseult Lynch is the Strategic Research Manager for the Centre for BioNano Interactions, and leads the nanoparticle synthesis and characterisation group.

Her role as the strategic research manager involves the development of research proposals from idea through to finished proposal for submission to the relevant funding agencies. To date she has been involved in the development of large scale national (Science Foundation Ireland Strategic Research Cluster and Higher Education Authority PRTLI4 national programme) and EU FP6 and FP7 programmes, as well as multiple smaller projects, such as EPA, EI, ERA-net, ESF, HRB and others. The role also extends to interacting with and reporting to the various funding bodies.

She has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from University College Dublin, and did several years of postdoctoral research at Physical Chemistry 1, Lund University in Sweden, as an EU Marie Curie Fellow. She is an outstanding specialist in synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles and materials for use in biological applications (where cells are sensitive to even nanomolar traces of impurities). Her research work involves the development of novel materials and structures for nanobiology, and the detailed physical and biological characterisation of these materials. She is experienced in providing system control across large multidisciplinary and international groups, as well as in the design and implementation of protocols and standard practices.

She is involved in several committees and working groups on the issues of nanosafety and the safe development of nanotechnology, and is an expert reviewer for several funding bodies and publications. She has a broad understanding of the field, and the emerging research needs.