Gillian Collins

Lecturer in Materials for Sustainability, School of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute, UCC.

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Blending the excitement of Halloween with critical insights in green & sustainable chemistry, Green Chemistry: A Halloween Special 🧟 🧪explored chemical hazards and safer chemical substitution. Thanks to all students, PhDs & @RoySocChem supporting sustainable labs @beyondbenign

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Fantastic night at the Women in STEM Awards with @ambercentre to celebrate incredible achievements and innovations of women in STEM across Ireland. #WISAwards24

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Thrilled to welcome new PhD students Rebecca & Clodagh and Masters student Forest to the research group. Looking forward to exciting discoveries ahead @eriucc @uccchemistry @biOrbic_centre #SustainableChemistry #WomenInScience

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Just wrapped up our Sustainable Materials & Chemisty Research workshop @uccchemistry @eriucc Thanks to our all our undergrads who took part👩🏻‍🔬 Huge thanks to @_RachelBreen @ambercentre, Conor Goggin & @RoySocChem for support #GreenChemistry

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Green Chemistry Education is crucial for a sustainable future 🌍 Delighted to present @EuChemS_Congres in collaboration with @beyondbenign Amazing work by @GlennAdamHurst on innovative teaching methods to inspire the next generation of scientists🧪 @ChemistryatYork @uccchemistry

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Proud of PhD students @_RachelBreen & Doireann O'Leary Brennan @uccchemistry @eriucc presenting their research on circular plastics and sustainable catalysis @EuChemS_Congres @ambercentre @IrishResearch

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Just had an incredible experience meeting not one but TWO Nobel Laureates! Truly inspiring evening at the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson with @RoySocChem & @irishchemistry as part of @EuChemS_Congres

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Warm welcome and congrats to Conor Goggin who was awarded a @RoySocChem Undergraduate Research Bursary to undertake a research placement @uccchemistry @eriucc on sustainable materials for catalysis👏 🧪🌱

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Thanks to Zürich Institute of Applied Sciences @ZHAW for the amazing visit and insightful discussions on research and education in green & sustainable chemistry🧪Look forward to future collaborations with @uccchemistry @eriucc. Really appreciate the Swiss army knife parting gift!

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

I'm delighted to be awarded one of @RoySocChem's new Sustainable Laboratories Grants 🌱 Can't wait to get started on my 'From Atom Economy to Atom Circularity' project @uccchemistry @eriucc #SustainableLabs

[Royal Society of Chemistry @RoySocChem]

We’re excited to announce the first projects funded by our new Sustainable Laboratories Grants, enabling individuals and teams to improve the environmental footprint of chemistry research.

Meet the awardees: https://t.co/IWvHD1JzVk

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

All about #GreenChemistry & #Sustainability for our Transition Year students @uccchemistry @eriucc 🧑‍🔬 greening reactions, making bioplastic from seaweed and unlocking the potential of sustainable chemistry for a greener future 🌱🧪 @beyondbenign #GreenChemistryCommitment

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Our new paper on metal free catalysts for open and closed-loop recycling of PET & PLA plastics published in #RSCSustainablity @AMBER @uccchemistry @eriucc https://t.co/B7RqDxhYVl

[PANACEA Project @PANACEA_NMR]

👏 Day 1 - PANACEA second Annual User Meeting in Florence!
Diving into Solid-state NMR, offering inspiring talks from research conducted in the different sites. Including, pharmaceutical research, inorganic materials, polymers, and more.
A successful day uniting PANACEA users!

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Congrats to all our graduates @uccchemistry @UCCSEFS on celebrating their graduation today👩‍🎓 but especially to Doireann O'Leary Brennan, our very talented chemistry graduate who has just started her PhD @IrishResearch

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Looking forward to hosting our Green and Sustainable Chemistry Research Seminar. Join us today Kane G18 at 3pm @uccchemistry @beyondbenign #GreenChemistry @GreenCampusUCC

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Read our new paper in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering @ACSSustainable. https://t.co/qj5UpA0tPZ Thanks to our collaborators @PANACEA_NMR @RimolaAlbert @gerard_pareras and our wonderful PhD students @EadaoinCasey and @_RachelBreen @uccchemistry @eriucc 👏

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Huge congrats to Doireann O'Leary Brennan @uccchemistry @eriucc on being awarded an @IrishResearch Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship #LoveIrishResearch #GOI2023 @EPAIreland

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Congratulations to my PhD student @EadaoinCasey @uccchemistry on her PhD graduation today👩🏼‍🎓Wishing you all the best for your bright future!

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

@trevorcarey1982 Cocomelon was helping us out with the chemistry demonstations. Hope Oscar has a great day!

[Gillian Collins @_gcollins]

Loads of fun at the Cork Carvinal of Science! Thanks to everyone @uccchemistry especially all our students for helping out to put on a great display 🧪🥼👩🏻‍🔬 @corkcitycouncil @scienceirel