Imperial President Hugh Brady welcomes Ireland’s Science Minister Simon Harris
Imperial President Hugh Brady welcomes Ireland's Science Minister Simon Harris - Ireland's Science Minister visited Imperial College London this week to meet researchers and students. Simon Harris, Ireland's Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, met Imperial's President Hugh Brady to see the world-changing impact of the university's science and innovation ecosystem. The Minister was joined at Imperial's South Kensington Campus by Ireland's Ambassador to Great Britain Martin Fraser. First stop on the visit was the Imperial Centre for Cryo Microscopy of Materials - a unique facility driving new discoveries about materials that are critical to the energy transition, underpinned by a strong collaboration between Imperial and AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Centre for Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research. The Minister spoke to Professor Alexandra Porter and Dr Shelly Conroy , both from the Department of Materials , about their research and heard from Dr Conroy about her experience of being awarded funding from SFI. Minister Simon Harris meeting Dr Anthony Quinn from Imperial's Dyson School of Design Engineering. They then moved to the Dyson School of Design Engineering where researchers shared seven projects currently being run with Irish partners, including startups, projects, and projects.
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