Quantum Optics Group

  Curriculum Vitae

1992 - 1996 B.Sc. Double Honours in Experimental and Mathematical Physics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
1996 - 2001 Ph.D. in Experimental Physics - Research, NUI Maynooth.
2000 - 2001 Contract Lecturer in Experimental Physics, NUI Maynooth.
2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Atomic and Molecular Collisions Team, Earth and Space Sciences Division, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
2003 - 2004 Staff Scientist in the Atomic and Molecular Collisions Team, Earth and Space Sciences Division, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
2005 - Present, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Qauntum Optics Group, Cork Institute of Technology.
Research Interests
My research interests span the broad field of atomic and molecular physics.  In particular, I am interested in studying laser-atom interactions, atom cooling and trapping, low energy electron attachment to molecules, fast-atom recombination collisions and miniature mass spectrometer sensor development.