Research Walsh Scholars
The scholars are called Walsh Scholars to commemorate the late Dr Tom Walsh, a national leader in developing agricultural and food research in Ireland and the first director of both the Agricultural Research Institute and the National Advisory and Training Service, which were merged to form Teagasc in 1988.
The Teagasc Walsh Scholars Programme is a postgraduate programme for graduates to undertake postgraduate research in agriculture, food, environmental science, agri-food economics, rural development, horticulture and other related disciplines.
Read about our current Walsh Scholars and the research topics they are pursuing.
Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Programme
Animal & Bioscience Department
- Sinéad Maloney
- Keerthana Kissanthomas
- Susanne Siegmann
- Luca Van Dijk
- Marie O’Rourke
- Avelda Ferreira
- Natasha Harding
- Siobhan O’Donovan
- Rischi Robinson
- Lauren O’shea
- Jake Delaney
- Aoife Byrne
- Michelle Stafford
- Sean Crowley
- Anne Biggins
- Naomi Ogbulafor
- Samson Mwangi Ithagu
- Elia Tavernier Dufosse
- Jennifer Abbott
- Numan Sharif
- Rachael Millar
Grassland Science Department
- Neil Kennedy
- Fiona Beamish
- Sarah Armstrong
- Thulani Kandauda De Silva
- Rochelle van Emmenis
- Eoin Wims
- Rebecca Rooney
- Ella Mulkerrins
- Sinead Kearney
- Klervi Le Floch
- Ciara Carroll
Livestock Systems Department
- Kamyar Golbaten Mofrad
- Natasha Harding
- Megan Bock
- Sarah Burke
- Alice Walsh
- Valerie Guiney
- Aoife Byrne
- Louise Horan
- Anastasios Chatzichristou
- Lucy Chipondoro
Pig Development Department
Crops, Environment and Land-Use Programme
Crops Research Department
- Farjana Akter
- Mathijs Dejong
- Edwina Nolan
- Rajas Shinde
- Isabella de Oliveira Cenci
- Fatima Waqar
- Talia Huffe
- Garima Lakhanpal
Agri-Environment Research Department
Forestry Development Department
Horticulture Development Department
- Jennifer Byrne
- Thulani Kandauda De Silva
- Amin Kargar
- John Vincent Nate
- Ahmad Hassan Chaudhry
- Maryada Bohra
Agricultural Catchments
Environment, Soils and Land Use
- Karla Burke
- Bright Ketadzo
- Alex Martín Castellón Meyrat
- Pavithra Parthasarathy
- Niall Barlow
- Alex Maingi
- Marion Cantillon
- Longnan Shi
- Gabrielle Young
- Benjamin Macartan
- Bridget Fox
- Konstantin Shishkin
- Dylan Edgar
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Ekeoma
- Ian Clancy
- Ernest Osei-Asante
- Colm O’Leary
- Niloufar Azizi
- Daniel Coonan
- Richa Evelyn Singh
- Edmund Barry Casey
- Lungile Sifundza
Food Programme
Food Biosciences Department
- Joseph Ancla
- Anik Khan
- Viyal Soni
- Luke Barnes
- Laxmi Namrata Adivi
- Sarah Kearney
- Giulia Amore Bonapasta
- Sinead Kearney
- Pavithra Parthasarathy
- Alanna Slater
- Emmanuel Osei
- Orla Cooney
- Ramya Balasubramanian
- Emily Verhulst
- Ailynne Sepulveda Gonzalez
- Jane Lavin
- Angeleigh Cirunay
Food Safety Department
- Rayhan Uddin
- Shuja Ahmed
- Shannon Heapes
- Samuel Kenyon
- Della Della
- Claire Kelly
- Sailusha Ratnam Kuntamukkula
- Michael Arthur
- Gaia Streparola
- Vera Capistrano Virtudes
- Vincenzo Fiore
Food and agricultural Innovation Department
Food Chemistry & Technology Department
- Adam Cogan
- Divya Aggarwal
- Sarah Kearney
- Ella Mulkerrins
- Zuo Song
- Karan Pant
- Sean Wrenn
- Richard Page
- Digvijay Digvijay
- Akhila Vijayakumar
- Nefeli Lampoglou
- Neha Sharma
- Jack Prendeville
- Siyi Feng
- Timothy Hoekstra
- Wishmore Gwala
- Viraj Weerasingha
Food Industry Development Department
Food Quality and Sensory Science Department
Rural Economy and Development Programme
Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department
- Felipe Aguiar Noury
- Anusree Mohanan
- Holly Mullan
- Carlos Alberto Francisco Cruz
- Shefali Pardeshi
- Saeed Shahabi Ahangarkolaee
- Alfred Afeku
- Nur Mozahid
- Jim Pat Dwyer
- Nikhil Pratap Singh
- Chathurrdhika Yogarajah
- Zohreh Rafiee