Professor Lokesh Joshi

Since 2013 Professor Lokesh Joshi had led the research and innovation mission for NUI Galway in the role of Vice-President for Research.

Professor Joshi joined the University in 2007 as a Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Professor of Glycoscience and is the Director of the Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster, an SFI-funded Strategic Research Cluster. He received his PhD from Bath University, in the UK, and completed Post-Doctoral and Research Associate training at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Before joining NUI Galway, Lokesh was an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Director of the Center for Glycoscience and Technologies in the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, USA. He was also co-founder and CSO of Arizona Engineered Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing products for cardiovascular diseases.

The Research Office & the Innovation Office

The OVPR comprises the Research Office and the Innovation Office.

The Research Office has responsibility for the development and promotion of the University's research effort. We work closely with academic and research staff to secure national and international funding, and to further the impact of NUI Galway's research.

Research Office

Supporting and driving impactful research.

Research Office