Briana Mulligan Clarke - PhD Researcher
Briana Mulligan-Clarke received her bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical and Industrial Chemistry with a first-class honors from University of Limerick in 2021. During her studies she completed a research project focusing on lectin-based biosensor technology in the Bernal institute. Following this, she completed a summer internship funded by the Science Foundation Ireland. Working as a part of CONFIRM Smart Manufacturing the research focused on the development of silicon-graphite composite anodes. After the internship, Briana worked as an analytical chemist in the biopharmaceutical industry for a year. In this time, she developed a well-rounded industry-based skillset including wet chemistry techniques, microbial identification, and bioburden testing.
In March 2022, Briana was awarded an Irish Research Council scholarship and is currently a PhD student working as part of Dr. Tadhg Kennedy’s group at the Bernal labs in University of Limerick. Her research is focused on developing a completely sustainable sodium ion battery active materials.