Prof. Andrew Kellett - Group Leader

Andrew Kellett is Professor of Inorganic and Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University (DCU). His group are based at the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology (NICB) and Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility and focus on discovery of metallodrug-nucleic acid interactions for biochemical and therapeutic application. He coordinated of the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN), ClickGene, and the ongoing Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network, NATURE-ETN. His lab is supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Irish Research Council (IRC), the SSPC - the SFI Centre for Pharmaceuticals - and CÚRAM - the SFI Research Centre Designing The Next Generation of 'Smart' Medical Devices. He completed his B.Sc. in chemistry from Maynooth University, graduating with a 1st class Hons. degree. He received his PhD under the guidance of Prof. Michael Devereux and Dr. Maureen Walsh from TU Dublin in 2007, and was then appointed as A.F. Graves Postdoctoral Fellow at the Focas Research Institute in 2008. In 2011 he joined DCU as lecturer of Inorganic Chemistry, in 2014 moved to lecturer of Inorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, appointed to Associate Professor in 2017, and Professor in 2023. He was named the SSPC's 'Investigator of the Year' in 2022 and also received a prestigious Irish Research Council (IRC) Laureate Consolidator Award.