Dr. Claire Lennon
lecturer
Science
Waterford Institute of Technology
Ireland
Biography
Dr. Claire Lennon graduated from University of Limerick, with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry in 1998 and completed her PhD studies at University College Dublin in Organic Chemistry in 2002, specialising in the area of stereoselective organic synthesis. Upon completion of her PhD she joined University of Edinburgh as a post-doctoral researcher in supramolecular chemistry where she remained until December 2003. Dr. Lennon spent two years working as a Development Chemist at Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals and during this time completed a Certificate in Process and Chemical Engineering at University College Cork (Part-Time, 2004-2005). She joined WIT as a lecturer in Organic Chemistry in 2006.
Research Interest
Dr. Lennon’s research interests lie in synthetic organic chemistry with the aim of designing novel sustainable processes of pharmaceutical relevance.
