Publications  

This page gives details on our published work and doctoral theses.
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) gives the link to the electronic source.
In some cases full text versions of the papers are available on the NUIG open access repository of research publications (ARAN).

Publications (peer reviewed):     

        2013

1. Quantitative Polymorph Contaminant Analysis in Tablets using Raman and Near Infra-red Spectroscopies.  M. C. Hennigan and A. G. Ryder.   Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 72, 163-171, (2013).
   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2012.10.002
   
   

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2. Rapid Quantification of Tryptophan and Tyrosine in Chemically Defined Cell Culture Media using Fluorescence Spectroscopy. A. Calvet, B. Li, and A. G. Ryder.  Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 71, 89-98, (2012).
   DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.08.002
3. Ferromagnetic exchange in a twisted, oxime-bridged [MnIII2] dimer.  E. Houton, S. M. Taylor, C. C. Beedle, J. Cano, S. Piligkos, S. Hill, A. G. Ryder, E. K. Brechin, and L. F Jones.  Dalton Transactions, 41(27), 8340-8347, (2012).
   DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30674C
   
4. Cell cycle-dependent mobility of Cdc45 in living cells determined by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.  R. Broderick, S. Ramadurai, K. Toth, D. Togashi, A. G. Ryder, J. Langwoski, and H.P. Nasheuer,.  PloS One, 7(4): e35537, (2012).
   DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035537.
   
5. A comparative study of the use of powder X-ray diffraction, Raman and NIR spectroscopy for quantification of binary polymorphic mixtures of Piracetam,  D.M. Croker, M.C. Hennigan, A. Maher, Y. Hu, A.G. Ryder, B.K. Hodnett.  Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 63, 80-86, (2012).
   DOI:  10.1016/j.jpba.2012.01.013
   
6. Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Screening Yeast Extracts, A Complex Component of Cell Culture Media. B. Li, N.M.S. Sirimuthu, B. Ray, and A.G. Ryder,   Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 43(8), 1074-1082, (2012).
   DOI:  10.1002/jrs.3141
   
   

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7. Fluorescence EEM Spectroscopy for Rapid Identification and Quality Evaluation of Cell Culture Media Components.  B. Li, P.W. Ryan, M. Shanahan, K.J. Leister, and A.G. Ryder. Applied Spectroscopy, 65(11), 1240-1249, (2011).
   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1366/11-06383
8. Low temperature Fluorescence Study of Crude Petroleum Oils.  P. Owens and A.G. Ryder, Energy & Fuels, 25(11),  5022-5032, (2011).
   DOI: 10.1021/ef201030t
   

        

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9. Study of water adsorption in Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) thin films using fluorescence emission of 3-hydroxyflavone probes.  C. Morris, B. Szczupak, A.S. Klymchenko, and A.G. Ryder.  Macromolecules. 43(22), 9488-9494, (2010).
   DOI: 10.1021/ma102152j
   
10. Assessing protein-surface interactions with a series of multi-labeled BSA using Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy and Förster Energy Resonance Transfer.  D.M. Togashi and A.G. Ryder, Biophysical Chemistry, 152, 55-64, (2010).
    DOI:  10.1016/j.bpc.2010.07.006
11. Qualitative Analysis using Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: a comprehensive model system for narcotics analysis. M.-L. O'Connell, A.G. Ryder, M. Leger, & T.Howley. Applied Spectroscopy, 64(10), 1109-1121, (2010).
    Online at: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI="as-64-10-1109
    
12. Rapid Characterisation and Quality Control of Complex Cell Culture Media Solutions using Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics. B. Li, P.W. Ryan, B.H. Ray, K.J. Leister, N.M.S. Sirimuthu, and A.G. Ryder.  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 107(2), 290-301, (2010).
    DOI: 10.1002/bit.22813 .
13. Quantitative Analysis of Sulfathiazole Polymorphs in Ternary Mixtures by Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared, Near-infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, Y. Hu, A. Erxleben, A.G. Ryder, and P. McArdle, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 53(3), 412-420, (2010).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.05.002
    
14. Polarity assessment of thermoresponsive poly(NIPAM-co-NtBA) copolymer films using fluorescence methods.  B. Szczupak, A.G. Ryder, D.M. Togashi, Y.A. Rotchev, A.S. Klymchenko, A. Gorelov, and T.J. Glynn,  Journal of Fluorescence, 20(3), 719-731, (2010).
    DOI: 10.1007/s10895-010-0613-5
    
15. Prediction of Cell Culture Media performance using Fluorescence Spectroscopy.  P.W. Ryan, B. Li, M. Shanahan, K.J. Leister, and A.G. Ryder, Analytical Chemistry, 82, 1311-1317, (2010) .
    DOI: 10.1021/ac902337c 
    
16. A Stainless Steel Multi-Well Plate (SS-MWP) for High Throughput Raman Analysis of Dilute Solutions. A.G. Ryder, J. de Vincentis, B. Li, P.W. Ryan, N.M.S. Sirimuthu, and K.J. Leister.   Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41(10), 1266-1275, (2010).
    DOI: 10.1002/jrs.2586.
    
17. Monitoring Local unfolding of Bovine Serum Albumin during denaturation using steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.  D.M. Togashi, A.G. Ryder, and D. O'Shaughnessy, Journal of Fluorescence, 20(2), 441-452, (2010). DOI: 10.1007/s10895-009-0566-8
18. Hydrocarbon migration in Jurassic sandstones from the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland: evidence from fluid inclusion studies.  Conliffe J., Feely M., Parnell J., Blamey N., and Ryder A.G.,  Petroleum Geoscience, 16(2), 67-76, (2010).
    DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-007 
    
    

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19. A F-bridged MnII Molecular Square, S.T. Meally, K. Mason, E.K. Brechin, A.G. Ryder, and L.F. Jones.  Chemical Communications, 7024-7026, (2009).
    DOI: 10.1039/b916153h
20. Application of fluorescence lifetime measurements on single petroleum-bearing fluid inclusions to demonstrate
    multicharge history in petroleum reservoirs. Blamey NJF, Conliffe JF, Parnell J, Ryder AG, and Feely M, Geofluids, 9, 330-337, ( 2009).
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2009.00265.x
    
21. Quantifying Adsorbed Protein on Surfaces using Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy. D.M. Togashi, A.G. Ryder, and G. Heiss,  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 72(2), 219-229, (2009).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.04.007
22. Measuring the micro-polarity and hydrogen-bond donor/acceptor ability of thermoresponsive N-isopropylacrylamide/N-tert-butylacrylamide copolymer films using solvatochromic indicators. B. Szczupak, A.G. Ryder, D.M. Togashi, Y.A. Rotchev, A. Gorelov, and T.J. Glynn, Applied Spectroscopy, 63(4), 442-449, (2009).
    Online at: Ingenta.
    
23. Investigating trypthopan quenching of fluorescein fluorescence under protolytic equilibrium.  D.M. Togashi, B. Szczupak, A.G. Ryder, A. Calvet, and M. O'Loughlin, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113(12), 2757-2767, (2009).
    Online at ACS: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jp808121y .
    
24. Trigger factor from the psychrophilic bacterium P. Frigidicola is a monomeric chaperone.  S. Robin, D.M. Togashi, A.G. Ryder, and J.G. Wall, Journal of Bacteriology, 191(4), 1162-1168, (2009).
    Online here. DOI: 10.1128/JB.01137-08
    
    

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25. Frequency Domain Fluorescence Lifetime Study of Crude Petroleum Oils.  P. Owens, A.G. Ryder, and N.J.F. Blamey.  Journal of Fluorescence, 18(5), 997-1006, (2008).
     DOI: 10.1007/s10895-008-0330-5
26. The application of structured-light illumination to hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions.  N.J.F. Blamey, A.G. Ryder, M. Feely, P. Dockery, and P. Owens, Geofluids, 8, 102-112, (2008).
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2008.00209.x
    
27. A fluorescence analysis of ANS bound to bovine serum albumin: binding properties revisited by using energy transfer.  D.M. Togashi and A.G. Ryder.  Journal of Fluorescence, 18(2), 519-526, (2008).  
    Online here DOI: 10.1007/s10895-007-0294-x. 
    
    

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28. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging study of a thin protein layer on solid surfaces. D.M. Togashi and A.G. Ryder   Experimental & Molecular Pathology, 82(2). 135-141, (2007).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2007.01.005
29. Mobility and distribution of replication protein A in living cells at single molecule level.  C. Braet, H. Stephan, I. Dobbie, D. Togashi, A.G. Ryder, Z. Foldes-Papp, N. Lowndes, and H.P. Nasheuer.  Experimental & Molecular Pathology, 82(2). 156-162, (2007).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2006.12.008   
    
    

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30. The Effect of Principal Component Analysis on Machine Learning Accuracy with High Dimensional Spectral Data.  T. Howley, M.G. Madden, M.-L. O'Connell, and A.G. Ryder, Knowledge-Based Systems, 19(5), 363-370, (2006).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2005.11.014 
31. One-pot synthesis of fluorescent substituted 2,5-Dihydro-1,2,3-Triazines from a cycloaddition, rearrangement, ring-expansion cascade of 1,2,3-Triazolium-1-amide 1,3 dipoles with propiolate esters.  R.N. Butler, A.M. Fahy, A. Fox, J.C. Stephen, P. McArdle, D. Cunningham, and A.G. Ryder,  Journal of Organic Chemistry, 71(15), 5679-5687, (2006).
    DOI: 10.1021/jo060752x 
32. Time-resolved fluorescence studies on bovine serum albumin denaturation process.  D.M. Togashi and A.G. Ryder,  Journal of Fluorescence, 16(2), 153-160, (2006). 
    DOI:  10.1007/s10895-005-0029-9
33. Comparison of the fluorescence behaviour of a biocrude oil and crude petroleum oils.  A.K. Sarma and A.G. Ryder,
    Energy & Fuels, 20(2), 783-785, (2006).
    DOI: 10.1021/ef050294f
34. New reactive fluorophores in the 1,2,3-Triazine series.  R.N. Butler, A.M. Fahy, A. Fox, J.C. Stephens, P. McArdle, D. Cunningham, and A. G. Ryder,  Tetrahedron Letters, 47(11), 1717-1720, (2006). 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.01.052  
35. Comparison of derivative pre-processing and automated polynomial baseline correction method for classification and quantification of narcotics in solid mixtures.  M.N. Leger and A.G. Ryder, Applied Spectroscopy, 60(2), 182-193, (2006). DOI: 10.1366/000370206776023304   
    
    

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36. Determination of the polymorphic forms of bicifadine hydrochloride by DSC-TG, XRPD, ATR-IR, and ATR-NIR.  P. McArdle, K. Gilligan, D. Cunningham, and A. Ryder,  Applied Spectroscopy, 59(11), 1365-1371, (2005).
    DOI: 10.1366/000370205774783322
37. Spontaneous emission from semiconductor nanocrystals in coupled spherical microcavities, Yu. P. Rakovich, M. Gerlach, A.L. Bradley, J.F. Donegan, J. Boland, T. Connolly, M. Przyjalgowski, A. Ryder, N. Gaponik, and A.L. Rogach,  Physica Status Solidi (C), 2(2), 858-861, (2005).
    DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200460351
38. An Improved Genetic Programming Technique for Identification of Solvents from Raman Spectra. K. Hennessy, M.G. Madden, J. Conroy, and A.G. Ryder.  Knowledge-Based Systems, 18, 217-224, (2005).
    [paper available from science direct here]
    
    

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39. The determination of the modulation transfer function (MTF) for a time-gated fluorescence imaging system. S. Gundy, W. van der Putten, A. Shearer, D. Buckton, and A.G. Ryder,  Journal of Biomedical Optics, 9(6), 1206-1213, (2004).[ abstract]
    DOI: 10.1117/1.1803550
40. Confined optical modes in small photonic molecules with semiconductor nanocrystals.  Yu.P. Rakovich, M. Gerlach, A.L. Bradley, J.F. Donegan, T.M. Connolly, J.J. Boland, M.A. Przyjalgowski, A. Ryder, N.Gaponik, and A.L. Rogach.  Journal of Applied Physics, 96(11), 6761-6765, (2004).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.1812355
41. Time-resolved fluorescence microspectroscopy for characterizing crude oils in bulk and hydrocarbon bearing fluid inclusions.  A.G. Ryder, M.A. Przyjalgowski, M. Feely, B. Szczupak, and T.J. Glynn, Applied Spectroscopy , 58(9), 1106-1115, (2004). 
    DOI: 10.1366/0003702041959505 
42. A time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopic study of crude petroleum oils: influence of chemical composition. A.G. Ryder. Applied Spectroscopy, 58(5), 613-623, (2004). 
    DOI: 10.1366/000370204774103462
43. Assessing the Maturity of Crude Petroleum Oils Using Total Synchronous Fluorescence Scan Spectra. A.G. Ryder. Journal of Fluorescence, 14(1), 99-104,  (2004). [ Abstract] 
    DOI:  10.1023/B:JOFL.0000014667.62333.eb
44. The use of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate (AlPcTS) for time-delayed fluorescence imaging.  S. Gundy, W. van der Putten, A. Shearer, D. Buckton, A.G. Ryder, M. Ball.  Physics in Medicine and Biology, 49(3), 359-369, (2004).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/3/001   [ Abstract]
    
    

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45. Evaluation of acridine in Nafion as a fluorescence lifetime based pH sensor. A.G. Ryder, S. Power, and T.J. Glynn. Applied Spectroscopy, 57(1), 73-79, (2003).
    DOI: 10.1366/000370203321165232
    
46. A compact violet diode laser based fluorescence lifetime microscope. A.G. Ryder, T.J. Glynn, M. Przyjalgowski, B. Szczupak. Journal of Fluorescence, 12(2), 177-180, (2002).
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1016896314122
    
47. Quantitative analysis of crude oils by fluorescence lifetime and steady state measurements using 380 nm excitation. A.G. Ryder, Applied Spectroscopy, 56(1), 107-116, (2002).
    Link: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI="as-56-1-107
    
48. Characterization of crude oils using fluorescence lifetime data. A.G. Ryder, T.J. Glynn, M. Feely, and A.J.G. Barwise., Spectrochimica Acta Part (A): Molecular and Biomolecular spectroscopy, 58(5), 1025-1038, (2002). [Abstract & full paper on ScienceDirect]
49. Classification of narcotics in solid mixtures using Principal Component Analysis and Raman spectroscopy. A.G. Ryder, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 47(2), 275-284, (2002). Abstract & paper from ASTM site 
50. High pressure diamond and diamond like carbon deposition using a microwave CAP reactor. M. L. McConnell, D.P. Dowling, C. Pope, K. Donnelly, A.G. Ryder, and G.M. O'Connor, Diamond and Related Materials, 11(3-6), 1036-1040, (2002). [ full paper on ScienceDirect]
51. Solvent effects on the luminescent properties of conjugated molecules,  K. Henderson, A.B. Dalton, G. Chambers, A. Drury, S. Maier, A.G. Ryder, W. Blau, and H.J. Byrne,  Synthetic Metals, 119(1-3), 555-556, (2001).
    [ full paper on ScienceDirect]
52. Quantitative analysis of cocaine in solid mixtures using Raman spectroscopy and chemometric methods. A.G. Ryder, G.M. O'Connor, and T.J. Glynn, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 31(3), 221-227, (2000).
    DOI:  10.1002/(SICI)1097-4555(200003)31:3<221::AID-JRS518>3.0.CO;2-5
    
53. Identifications and Quantitative Measurement of Narcotics in Solid Mixtures Using Near-IR Raman Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis. A.G. Ryder, G.M. O'Connor, and T.J. Glynn, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 44(5), 1013-1019, (1999). Abstract & paper from ASTM site.
    DOI: 10.1520/JFS12031J
    Full text, available here (author version).
    
54. Synthesis of novel chiral cyclopentadienes: Synthesis of chiral iron complexes and the crystal structures of [(h⁵-(1S-1-(p-1-methoxynapthalene)-1-(C₅(Me)₄)-ethane)) Fe(CO)₂-SnCl₃] and [h⁵-(C₅(Me)₄)C(H)(CH₃)(C₂H₅)) - Fe(CO) (h⁴-diphenylbutadiene)][BF₄]^-, P. McArdle, A.G. Ryder, and D. Cunningham, Organometallics, 16, 2638-2645, (1997).
    DOI: 10.1021/om950958g
    

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invited reviews & BOOK CHAPTERS:

55. Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusion Fluorescence: A review. A.G. Ryder and N.J.F. Blamey,   Reviews in Fluorescence 2007, Annual Volumes, Vol. 4, pp. 299-334 (2009), ISBN: 978-0-387-88721-0, Springer. Invited Review.  
56. Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) for Narcotic detection and applications to Chemical Biology. A.G. Ryder, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 9(5), 489-493, (2005) [paper available from science direct here]. Invited Review.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.07.001
57. Analysis of crude petroleum oils using fluorescence spectroscopy. A.G. Ryder,  Reviews in Fluorescence 2005, Annual Volumes, Vol. 2, 169-198, 2005. (ISBN: 0-387-23628-7, Springer).  Invited Review. This is available online from the Springer website here (includes a free preview).
    
    
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Conference papers (full):

Some of these have been peer-reviewed.

58. Fluorescence study of Bovine Serum Albumin and Ti and Sn Oxide Nanoparticles Interactions.  D.M. Togashi, A.G. Ryder, D. Mc Mahon, P. Dunne, and J. McManus.  Proc SPIE. Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 6628, 66281K, (2007).  DOI: 10.1117/12.728354  [Full paper available here]
    
59. A fluorescence methodology for assessing the polarity and composition of novel thermoresponsive hydrophilic/hydrophobic copolymer system.  (Invited Paper), A.G. Ryder, B. Szczupak, Y.A. Rotchev, A.S. Klymchenko, A. Gorelov, and T.J. Glynn.  Proc SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 5826, 1-11, (2005). [Invited, full paper] DOI:10.1117/12.605117
60. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of chlorinated solvents using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning. J. Conroy, A.G. Ryder, M.N. Leger, K. Hennessey, and M.G. Madden.  Proc SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng ., 5826, 131-142, (2005). [ full paper]
61. Analysis of hydrocarbon bearing fluid inclusions (HCFI) using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.  M.A. Przyjalgowski, A.G. Ryder, M. Feely, and T.J. Glynn.  Proc SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 5826, 173-184, (2005). [ full paper] DOI: 10.1117/12.605035
62. Classification of a target analyte in solid mixtures using principal component analysis, support vector machines and Raman spectroscopy, M. O'Connell, A.G. Ryder, M.N. Leger, T. Howley, and M.G. Madden.  Proc SPIE  Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 5826, 340-350, (2005). [ full paper]
63. Combining Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks and Wavelet Transforms for Analysis of Raman Spectra. K. Hennessy, M.G. Madden, and A.G. Ryder, Proceedings of the 15th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science, Sept. 2004. [ full paper]
64. An improved genetic programming technique for the classification of Raman spectra. K. Hennessy, M. G. Madden, J. Conroy, and A.G. Ryder. BCS Conference Series, Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XII, Proceedings, 181-192, (2005). Springer, ISBN 1-85233-908-X.
65. Time-delayed fluorescence imaging of a porphycene derivative. S. Gundy, W. Van der Putten, A. Shearer, D. Buckton, A.G. Ryder, and M. Ball. Proc SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. , 4952, 152-161, (2003).
66. Fluorescence lifetime based pH sensing using Resorufin. A.G. Ryder, S. Power, and T.J. Glynn. Proc SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. , 4876, 827-835, (2003). [ full paper]
67. Machine Learning Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Raman Spectroscopy Data. M.G. Madden and A. G. Ryder. Proc SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. , 4876, 1130-1139, (2003). [ Abstract] [ full paper]
68. Time-Gated Fluorescence Imaging of Chloroaluminum Phthalocyanine Tetrasulfonate in a Tissue Phantom. S. Gundy, W. Van der Putten, A. Shearer, D. Buckton, A.G. Ryder, and M. Ball. Proc SPIE  Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. , 4876, 109-119, (2003).
69. Influence of chemical composition on the fluorescence lifetimes of crude petroleum oils. A.G. Ryder, T.J. Glynn, and M. Feely. Proc SPIE  Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. , 4876, 1188-1195, (2003). [ full paper]
70. Time-resolved fluorescence studies of porphycene and tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine dyes in varying solvents, S. Gundy, W. Van der Putten, A. Shearer, A.G. Ryder, M. Ball. , Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng vol. 4432 , 299-309, (2001).  [ full paper]
71. Time-domain measurement of fluorescence lifetime variation with pH. A.G. Ryder, S. Power,  T.J. Glynn, & J.J. Morrison. Proc. SPIE vol. 4259 , 102-109, (2001). [ full paper]

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OTHER ARTICLES:

72. Rapid, low-cost, quantitative characterization of cell culture media using a combination of spectroscopic and chemometric methods.  A.G. Ryder, B. Li, and K.J. Leister.  International Drug Discovery, Oct./Nov. issue, 18-21, (2010).
    Online now, available here.
    
73. Light  Emissions from Oil: A valuable Information source for petroleum analysis.  A.G. Ryder, P. Iwanski, and L. Montanari, TPoint, #2(June), 9-14, (2004). [ pdf version] [ Download full issue here]
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Doctoral theses supervised:

2012, A. Calvet (Chemistry), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title: Multi-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy for quantitative cell culture media analysis.
2012, D. O'Shaughnessy (Chemistry), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title: Spectroscopic Studies of Protein and Polymer Dynamics.
2011, C. Morris (Chemistry), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title: Quantitative, non-contact, measurements of the physicochemical properties of thermoresponsive polymers using fluorescence methods.
2010, R. Murray (Chemistry), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title: Development of a wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope (WF-FLIM) system for Petro-Geological Analysis.
2010, P. Owens (Chemistry), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title: Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of crude petroleum oils.
2009, B. Szczupak (Physics), National University of Ireland Galway. 
Title: Evaluation of polarity and hydrogen bonding ability of thermoresponsive N-isopropylacrylamide/N-tert-butylacrylamide co-polymer films using solvatochromic and fluorescence probes.
2008, M-L O'Connell (Chemistry), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title:  Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics:the Quantitative Study of a Model System for Illicit Narcotic Detection, .
2006, M. Przyjalgowski (Physics), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title: Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopic analysis of petroleum oils and hydrocarbon bearing fluid inclusions (HCFI), National University of Ireland-Galway.
2003, S. Power (Physics), National University of Ireland Galway.
Title: Fluorescence Lifetime Based Sensing for pH monitoring.


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MSc research theses supervised:

2009, C-Y Chong, M.Sc. Chemistry, National University of Ireland-Galway.  
Dissertation title:  Development of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Methods in the study of galactose, glucose, maltose and maltopentose.
2006, J. Conroy, M.Sc. Chemistry, National University of Ireland-Galway.  
Dissertation title:  Hazardous substance analysis using Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics.
2006,  S. Cawley, M.Sc. Physics, National University of Ireland-Galway.
Dissertation title:  Quantitative surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy using colloid-hydropolymer matrices. 
2004, E. Murray-Hayden, M.Sc. Geology, National University of Ireland-Galway. 
Dissertation title:  The analysis of Crude Oils using Ultra-fast Fluorescence Lifetimes.

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