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Dr. Fiona Freeman

Associate Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)

Dr. Fiona Freeman is an Associate Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at University College Dublin (UCD). She graduated in Biomedical Engineering in 2011 and earned her PhD from the University of Galway in 2016, focusing on developing new strategies for bone tissue regeneration. Afterward, Dr. Freeman was awarded two prestigious postdoctoral fellowships: the Government of Ireland IRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship. These fellowships provided her with opportunities to work as a postdoctoral researcher in renowned labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, and Trinity College Dublin. She is the recipient of the prestigious New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) (2020) and was named a Top Innovator under 35 from MIT Technology Review in 2023.

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fiona.freeman@ucd.ie
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Dr Amanda Guitián Caamaño

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Amanda Guitián Caamaño is a postdoctoral researcher in the Freeman Lab at University College Dublin (UCD). She earned her biology degree in 2017 and her PhD cum laude in 2024 from the University of A Coruña, Spain. Her PhD research at the Biomedical Research Institute of A Coruña (INIBIC) focused on metastatic melanoma and developing therapies to combat treatment resistance, supported by a prestigious PFIS grant from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). She completed research stays at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge (UK), CIB-Margarita Salas in Madrid, and CiMUS in Santiago de Compostela. Currently, in collaboration with Hooke Bio, her research evaluates the Mera platform's efficacy compared to existing 3D culture systems to optimize T-cell therapies for liver cancer and osteosarcoma.

amanda.guitiancaamano@ucd.ie
Jordan O'Donoghue PhD Researcher

Jordan Christopher O'Donoghue

PhD Researcher

Jordan is a PhD research student at University College Dublin. He is currently in the first year of his 4-year PhD programme at UCD. Jordan received a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry in 2021 from University College Cork and has recently completed his 2-year full-time research MSc Biochemistry also at UCC. Jordans current research focuses on modulating the cGAS/STING pathway as a novel immunotherapeutic target in osteosarcoma.

jordan.odonoghue@ucdconnect.ie
Máire Coghlan

Máire Coghlan

PhD Researcher

Máire is a PhD student in the Freeman Lab. She obtained her BSc degree in Biomedical, Health, and Life Sciences at UCD in 2024. Máire's current research focuses on developing and characterizing Patient-Derived Tumor Spheroids (PDTS) from patient tumour samples as a clinically relevant 3D cancer model of osteosarcoma

maire.coghlan@ucdconnect.ie
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Erick Solorio Gonzalez

PhD Researcher

Erick is a PhD student in the Freeman Lab and is Mexican-born. He has a background in Biomedical Engineering, holding a BSc from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara (2021), and a 2-year MSc in Nanotechnology from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey (2024). Erick’s current research focuses on designing and developing an osteosarcoma-on-a-chip device that mimics the osteosarcoma tumour microenvironment.

erick.soloriogonzalez@ucdconnect.ie