Archive for March 27th, 2023
Rebecca Pflanz
Rebecca is Project Officer at ERINN Innovation working mainly on the Horizon Europe Projects Nettag+ and BlueRemediomics. Rebecca has a broad background in nonprofit campaigning, climate finance and digital marketing. She previously worked as a campaigner and email marketer for Change.org, the largest online petition platform worldwide and for a Berlin-based climate-impact startup. She has a BA in International Business and a MA in International Marketing Management.
Donnchadh Kindlon
Donnchadh is a Senior Project Officer at ERINN Innovation, leading the communication, dissemination and exploitation activities on the Horizon Europe EmpowerUs project. He also works on the Horizon Europe A-AAgora project, contributing to activities on innovation upscaling, capacity building and stakeholder engagement. Additionally, he contributes to the delivery of ERINN Innovation’s training and proposal review services. Donnchadh has a BA in Zoology from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Development and Rural Innovation from Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands. He is passionate about fostering social innovation and participatory approaches to address societal and environmental challenges.
Laoise Dillon
Laoise is a Project Manager for the Horizon 2020 project WaterLANDS and the LIFE Integrated Project Peatlands and People. She completed her BSc in Marine Sciences at NUI Galway, where she developed a special interest in deep-sea biodiversity and conservation. She then completed an MSc in Environmental Policy at UCD, where she primarily focused on the impact of environmental policies on community resilience. Laoise has previously worked for ERC-funded, multi-disciplinary research projects and has experience in marine science communications, just transition research, environmental history data management and policy analysis. She has a keen interest in the merging of sciences and humanities to reach a variety of audiences and stakeholders.
Rochelle Caruso
Rochelle is a Project Manager at ERINN Innovation and a specialist in innovation implementation and stakeholder communication. Rochelle leads the communication, dissemination and exploitation activities in the SCORE and ESCAPE H2020 projects, and delivers on a number of ERINN’s pre- and post-award trainings and Horizon Europe proposal reviews. Rochelle has a broad background in education, global health and science communication and holds an MSc in Global Health and a BSc in Biochemistry.
Olga Ormond
Olga is a Senior Project Manager at ERINN Innovation and a specialist in research funding and impact, project management, and research knowledge transfer. Olga supports the development and review of numerous research proposals on multiple topics, and often leads on communications, dissemination and exploitation in EU projects. She has over 14 years’ professional experience in Irish and European RD&I with extensive experience in Horizon Europe, H2020 and FP7. Areas she has covered include Digital, Industry, Sustainable Economies and Societies including telecommunications, network systems, data security, internet of things, electronics, manufacturing, nanotechnology, materials, metrology, Industry4.0, and water technologies with a particular focus on the environment (energy efficiency, water treatment, reduced waste, zero-defect manufacturing, durable materials). She is an engineer and research fellow (PhD in Mobile and Wireless Networks).
Pamela Cardillo
Pamela has over 15 years’ experience in international project management and training particularly in the not-for-profit and education sectors as well as EU funded projects. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy and Political Science, an M. Phil in International Peace Studies, and is a qualified project manager. Her interest areas include education and training, science outreach, and plant-based proteins.
Tara Murphy
Tara has a background in Neuroscience and over 20 years’ experience in the education sector leading teaching teams, developing policy and curriculum, and delivering training with a demonstrable record for systems and outcome improvement across diverse stakeholder groups.
Avril Hanbidge
Avril is a Project Manager at ERINN Innovation, working on MARBLES, BlueRemediomics, AquaPLAN and GuardIAS, EU-funded projects focused on freshwater and marine biodiversity, microbiology and sustainability. She is involved in the full project lifecycle, from funding proposal development to implementation and exploitation activities to increase the overall impact of projects. With a background in freshwater ecology, she has a BSc in Environmental Biology, MSc in Applied Environmental Science and has previously worked in freshwater resources research, conservation project management and protection of inland waters.
Keegan Porter
Keegan is a Senior Knowledge Transfer and Impact Officer with ERINN Innovation. He has over seven years’ experience in developing, tailoring and administering the proven ERINN Innovation knowledge transfer methodology for National and EU projects and has delivered training and guidance documents on the inclusion of knowledge transfer principles to several funding agencies. He has led communication and exploitation work packages for projects across different sectors including aquaculture, blue economy adaptation planning, ocean observation and desalination. Keegan has a B.S. in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University, an MSc in Environmental Policy from University College Dublin and a Higher Diploma in Fisheries and Aquaculture Business from South East Technical University.
Annette Wilson
Annette has more than 10 years’ experience in science communication, teaching and training in the area of the ocean and all things marine. She holds a PhD in Oceanography and a BSc in Marine Sciences from NUI Galway, during which she gained extensive knowledge on the impact of anthropogenic activities in the deep-sea, as well as communicating scientific results to a variety of audiences. Annette also has experience supporting and coordinating international training and capacity building programmes in ocean-atmosphere-climate interactions. She currently carries out and leads the communication and dissemination activities for several H2020 funded projects implementing activities to increase the overall impact of projects dealing with grand societal challenges.
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ERINN Innovation is a value-driven company owned by the staff who support research and innovation to have impact.
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ERINN Innovation Ltd
Company No.: 600883 (Ireland)
Company No.: 600883 (Ireland)
Directors
David Murphy (IE/UK)
Laura Richardson (IE)
Marieke Reuver (NL)
Michael Papapetrou (GR/IE)
Reid Hole (NO)
