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Tony
Byrne
Lecturer, Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre, University of Ulster |
Tony is a Lecturer based in the Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre (NIBEC) at the University of Ulster. He obtained his DPhil in chemistry at Ulster and since then he has worked on a range of projects involving the photocatalytic treatment and purification of water, photoelectrolytic water splitting using solar energy, and the photocatalytic decontamination of surfaces. He took over from Dr Brian Eggins as Head of the Photocatalysis Research Group at Ulster when Brian retired back in 2002. He teaches Nanotechnology to undergraduate and postgraduate Engineers. Tony is secretary to the Royal Society of Chemistry Northern Ireland Section Trust and a Committee member of the RSC Photochemistry Special Interest Group. He is also a member of the Department of Health (UK) Decontamination Working Group and a member of the EPSRC funded UK Photocatalysis Network.