The Department of Chemical Sciences is a leader in research at University of Limerick with over 25 project investigators and over 150 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers.

Macatamo group researchers stand by the University of Limerick fountain

MACATAMO Group

Led by Professor Matthias Vandichel, the Macatamo Group mainly focuses on materials and catalysis modeling, looking to gain fundamental insights in material and catalytic properties via first-principles calculations and other atomistic simulations.

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Scanlon research group members at a conference

Scanlon Electrochemistry Laboratory

Led by Professor Micheal Scanlon, this group's primary mission is to understand the fundamental behaviour of polarised liquid|liquid interfaces and harness their untapped potential for applications related to energy conversion and storage, advanced functional materials development, sensor technology and the creation of bio-mimetic molecular machines.

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