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UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science Celebrates it's new Class of 2024

On Tuesday 25th June, we were very proud to join family and friends of our MSc and PhD students at their official conferring in the O'Reilly Hall.

12 students received their Masters degrees with 20 students awarded PhD’s a wonderful conferring.



A huge congratulations to all our new graduates and the very best in your future endeavours. 

A full list of all our new graduates are listed below: 

PhD Matthew Marmion
MSc Sarah Gilsenan
PhD Mark Timlin
PhD Peter Doyle
PhD Edel O'Connor
PhD Roisin O'Sullivan
MAgrSc Eoin Gill
PhD Almaz Balta Aboye
MSc Jane Kennedy
PhD Joseph Munnelly
PhD Ciaran Hearn
PhD Arrian Karbassioon
PhD Michelle Kearns
PhD Eleonora Serra
PhD Workneh Fanta Falaha
PhD Aoife Leader
PhD Shuyi Yang
PhD Grace Bennett
PhD Claire Connolly
PhD Styliani Galatidou
PhD Keelan McHugh
PhD Cathal O'Hara
PhD Shuhua Yang
MScAgr Michael O'Loughlin
MAgrSc Rian Kennedy
MAgrSc Cathy McGettigan
MSc Humanitarian Action  Gianluca Blaco
MSc Humanitarian Action Lea Ryckeboer
MSc Humanitarian Action Katya Schwab
MSc Humanitarian Action  Federica Starinieri
MSc Food Nutrition & Health Shane O'Leary
MSc Food Nutrition & Health Lydia O'Neill

Also taking place at the June conferrings, the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine awarded Mike Magan an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science for his "extraordinary contribution" to the Irish dairy industry, to Animal Health Ireland, to UCD and to Irish society more broadly.

The former Chair of Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and a Longford dairy farmer, Dr Magan was central to establishing AHI in 2009, which fundamentally changed the animal health landscape in Ireland.



UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science

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