Biography:
Susan McDonnell received a BSc in Biochemistry from University College Dublin in 1982 and then completed a PhD in Cell Biology in Dublin City University (DCU). She then spent four years working as a postdoctoral research fellow in Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. In 1992 she was appointed lecturer in the School of Biotechnology, in DCU and moved to the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at UCD in 2004. Susan was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1997 and spent a year’s sabbatical in Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Susan is a member of both the Irish and American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and is council member of the Irish Association for Cancer Research (IACR).


Teaching Responsibilities:
CHEN 1008 Introduction to chemical and biochemical engineering
CHEN 2011 Biotechnology I
CHEN 3008 Biotechnology II