Governance Member Biography - Fiona Regan

Professor Fiona Regan

Fiona Regan, Associate Professor in Environmental Sensing since 2009, established the Marine and Environmental Sensing Technology Hub (MESTECH), DCU in 2010.  

She studied Environmental Science and Technology at the Institute of Technology in Sligo and graduated in 1991.  After completing her PhD in analytical chemistry in 1994, and postdoctoral research in optical sensing in 1996 at DCU, she took up a position at Limerick Institute of Technology as lecturer in Environmental and Analytical Science.

In 2002, Fiona returned to the School of Chemical Sciences, DCU, as a lecturer in analytical chemistry, in 2008 she became senior lecturer and in 2009 became the Beaufort Principal Investigator in Marine and Environmental Sensing. Her research is in the area of separations and sensors, materials for sensing and anti-biofouling applications on aquatic deployed systems, including novel sensors and sensor networks and decision support systems. Fiona is Director of MESTECH and coordinates the Marine ICT SmartBay research under HEA’s Programme Research in Third Level Institutions Cycle V and the International SmartOcean Graduate Enterprise Initiative (ISGEI).