Paul Ross, (M.D. of MTL) Appointed Position of UCC Research Professor

paul rossUniversity College Cork has appointed three leading researchers to the position of Research Professors.

The appointees are as follows: Professor Paul Ross of Teagasc as a Research Professor within the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre; and Professor Cian Ó Mathúna along with Professor Paul Townsend, both researchers in the Tyndall National Institute, as Research Professors in Electrical Engineering and Physics respectively.

Paul Ross’s appointment as a Research Professor acknowledges his research achievements in gut microbiota, antimicrobial peptides, bacteriocins, probiotics, and anti-infectives

Professor Gerry Boyle, Director of Teagasc, in welcoming the appointment of Paul Ross as a Research Professor in the APC says: “This appointment reflects the on-going productive collaboration through the UCC-Teagasc Strategic Alliance in Food Research launched in 2010.”