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Each month, we put a 'Spotlight On' a different researcher in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine to find out more about the path leading to their current role in the School, their area of interest and what drew them into this area, what they enjoy most about their work, what they find most challenging and the best thing about working in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Photo of Dr Sourav Bhattacharjee
Sourav Bhattacharjee

Dr Sourav Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor in our Veterinary Biosciences Section, tells us about kite-flying in Kolkata, going to medical school, what brought him to the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and his teaching and research work in the School.
Nicola Fletcher
Nicola Fletcher

Dr Nicola Fletcher, Assistant Professor in our Veterinary Biosciences Section, tells us about developing an interest in science, her love of research, realising a lifelong dream of working in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, and telescopes and travels!
Eilidh Thomson
Eilidh Thomson

Eilidh Thomson, Resident in Large Animal Clinical Reproduction (ECAR), tells us about growing up in a house full of animals, moving to Dublin in the middle of the pandemic to start a cattle reproduction residency in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, future travel plans and finding an excuse to bake!
Robin Farrell
Robin Farrell

Robin Farrell, Veterinary Nursing Programme Director, tells us about working in the Bronx Zoo as a teenager, becoming a general practice veterinary technician with the US military and why she chose to leave the tropical island of St Kitts to take up a position in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine!
Jennifer Dillon & Ellen O\'Donovan
Jennifer Dillon & Ellen O'Donovan

Undergraduate students Jennifer Dillon & Ellen O'Donovan tell us why they decided to study Veterinary Medicine, how they got involved in research and what they enjoy doing in their time away from the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine!

Orla Byrne
Orla Byrne

Orla Byrne, PhD student in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, tells us about growing up on a farm in Wicklow, working in the horse racing industry and exploring different careers and skills while untangling her 'Ikigai.'
Steve Gordon
Steve Gordon

Steve Gordon, Professor in Infection Biology in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, tells us about growing up in the Mayo countryside, career successes and setbacks, and the opportunities he's had to live in different places and work with so many fantastic people!

Contact the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine

UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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