Gary Walsh

Biography

Prof. Gary Walsh is Chair of Industrial Biotechnology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He obtained BSc & PhD degrees from the National University of Ireland at Galway in 1986 and 1989, respectively and more recently a graduate diploma in academic practice from UL in 2009. Prior to joining the university in 1994 he held the following industrial positions: Senior research scientist, Alltech Ireland Ltd., Production manager, Bioniche pharmaceuticals, Research scientist, Olympus diagnostics. He has participated in research grant proposal applications which have successfully secured €3.1 million in funding, of which his personal share is €1.7 million. He has presented his work at 60 international conferences, which include 33 guest/keynote presentations. He has acted as external examiner for 13 PhD and 4 MSc research theses in various Irish institutions, as well for Monash university in Australia. He teaches various biotechnology modules in Limerick and was the recipient of the university’s excellence in teaching award in 2003. He has served as course director, B.Sc. industrial biochemistry for 2 terms and as the University’s (acting) dean, teaching & learning from August to December 2004. He chaired the University of Limerick institutional committee preparing for the 2012 institutional quality review and was the main author of the associated Institutional Self Assessment Report. His research and scholarship interests span enzyme and pharmaceutical biotechnology as well as curriculum design and he was the recipient of the university’s special achievement in research award in 2006. His 106 ‘class 1’ publications include: 9 authored books, 2 edited books, 17 book chapters and 78 journal articles. In addition he has authored 94 refereed conference proceedings, 5 book reviews and 7 reports.

Research Interest

Enzyme biotechnology, Pharmaceutical biotechnology (Biopharmaceuticals).