Sustainability Council

Dr Julie Dunne

Head of School

Biography

Julie Dunne completed her PhD with Prof. Paul Murphy in University College Dublin in 2002. She subsequently worked as a research and development chemist in the pharmaceutical company Ipsen, Dublin. She joined the School of Food Science and Environmental Health in 2003 as a lecturer in Chemistry with a focus on food and medicinal chemistry. In 2007 she led the development of the Higher Certificate in Pharmacy Technician Studies and was Programme Chair until she was appointed Assistant Head of School in 2017. Julie holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Third Level Teaching and Learning, an MA in Higher Education, and was awarded University Teaching Fellowships in 2010 and 2012. In 2011 she won a President’s Teaching Excellence Award. Julie has broad scholarship and research interests in Higher Education which span: Work-integrated learning at the University-Industry interface including embedding graduate attributes, critical reflection, and peer-learning in the curriculum; Sustainability, with a focus on Gender Equality in Higher Education and embedding sustainability in the curriculum; and the undergraduate research experience. Recently, her scientific research includes biocatalysis for greener synthesis of novel carbohydrate-based antimicrobials, as well as spectroscopic analysis of molecular structural changes from novel non-thermal treatment of materials. She has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and supervised five PhD students. Julie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of the Institute of Food Science and Technology of Ireland.

Ongoing Projects and Collaborations

NEMOS A new educational model for acquisition of sustainability competences through service-learning (2022-2024) Erasmus+ Cooperation partnerships in Higher Education

Establishing A Formal Framework for Echocardiography Education in Ireland (2021-2028). Lorna Doran. Supervisors Dr. Julie Dunne, Dr. Claire McAvenia

Screening of commercial and novel lipase enzymes with green and traditional solvents towards the synthesis of bioactive carbohydrate fatty acid derivatives. Waterford Institute of Technology/PMBRC. (2021-2023) Abinash Nayak. Supervisors Dr. Julie Dunne, Dr. Claire Lennon, Dr. Mike Kinsella

W-STEM- Engaging Women into STEM - Building the future of Latin America (2018-2021). EU ERASMUS+ Capacity-building in Higher Education Programme (598923-EPP-1-2018-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP).

Spectroscopic analysis of molecular structural changes from novel non-thermal treatment of materials. Ongoing. Prof. Paula Bourke, UCD.

SwitchOnSTEM.ie Public Engagement in STEM. SFI Discovery. Ongoing.

CONVENE: Transforming university-enterprise engagement in Dublin’s co-learning and innovation ecosystem. (2020-2024) HCI Pillar 3 - Innovation and Agility

Awards/Highlights

2019 Education Awards ‘Best Academic Partnership’ SURE Conference
2018 National Forum DELTA Award Higher Certificate Pharmacy Technician Studies
2018 National Forum DELTA Award Chemical Education Research Team
2016 Access and Civic Engagement Award
2015 Invited keynote speaker at DIT E-Learning Summer School
2014 Access and Civic Engagement Staff Award
2013 DIT Teaching Fellowship
2011 President’s Teaching Excellence Award, College of Sciences and Health
2010 DIT Teaching Fellowship

Publications

See ResearchGate, ORCID.