Steve Comby Email & Phone Number

Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

Sami Nasr Institute Of Advanced Materials (Chemistry)

Development of Printable Sensor Formulations for Intelligent Packaging Applications; funded by an Enterprise Ireland (EI) Commercialisation Fund

Evans Materials And Device Photochemistry Group, Sniam

work focusing on the development of Intelligent Colorimetric Luminescent Sensor Formulation for Industry-related Applications; funded by an Enterprise Ireland (EI) Commercialisation Fund

- Work focusing on Lanthanide self-assembly structures as novel luminescent materials and devices- Managing undergraduate and postgraduate students and participating in their day-to-day training- Writing of publications and presentations at international research conferences and meetings- Collaborations with Prof. J.M. Kelly, Prof. Y. Gunko, Dr. S. Quinn (quantum dots) and Prof. W. Schmitt (Lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks)

- Awarded a 1-year Advanced Researcher Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)- Project on the design of novel visible and near-infrared emitting supramolecular nanoedifices for the sensing of biologically relevant molecules and ions- Managing undergraduate and postgraduate students and participating in their day-to-day training- Supervision of master student projects- Writing of publications and presentations at international research conferences and meetings

- Awarded a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship through the Irish Research Council (IRC)- Project on the Sensing and Imaging of Biological Important Molecules using Functional Lanthanide Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles- Managing undergraduate and postgraduate students and participating in their day-to-day training- Supervision of master student projects- Writing of publications and presentations at international research conferences and meetings

Research focusing on thermodynamics, photophysics and coordination chemistry

- Planning, implementation and finalization of a 4-year research project focused on thermodynamics, photophysics and coordination chemistry- Collaborations with international research groups- Teaching activity

Ph.D, Chemistry

- Thesis work on the Design of Luminescent Probes for Imaging Applications using Lanthanide Coordination Compounds

Bachelor + Master, Chemistry

- Thesis work on the Thermodynamic and Photophysical Investigation of Lanthanide Coordination Compounds using Bipyridine-Based Ligands