Tyndall recently celebrated the winner and finalists of the 2025 Postgraduate Publication of the Year competition, proudly sponsored by QT Technologies Ireland Limited (Qualcomm Ireland).
Congratulations to our 2025 winner, Md Ridwan Adib, Postdoctoral Researcher at Tyndall, for his publication, ‘In situ pH-Controlled electrochemical sensors for glucose and pH detection in calf saliva’.
This annual competition offers postgraduates an important platform to showcase their outstanding research contributions, highlighting the depth of talent emerging across the institute.
Keith O’Donoghue, Senior Director of Engineering at Qualcomm Ireland, remarked,
“Qualcomm Ireland is proud to support Tyndall’s Postgraduate Publication of the Year awards, which showcase the next generation of Ireland’s deep tech talent. Initiatives of this nature contribute to the development of a strong and diverse semiconductor talent pipeline, which is essential to the continued growth of the sector and to Qualcomm’s ongoing expansion of our engineering teams in the heart of Cork city.”
Dr Fatima Gunning, Head of Graduate Studies, and Education and Public Engagement (EPE) at Tyndall commented,
“This year’s Postgraduate Publication of the Year submissions once again highlight the depth of talent and ambition within our postgraduate community. The calibre of work presented was exceptional, not only in its research and scientific rigour, but in the creativity, and leadership our researchers are already demonstrating. Developing research leadership in conjunction with partners like Qualcomm strengthens this even further, giving our students the opportunity to engage with real‑world challenges at the highest level. Our postgraduates are not just contributing to their fields; they are shaping them. Their achievements this year reaffirm that the next generation of research leaders is already emerging from Tyndall, and they are setting a remarkably high standard for the future.”
Winner:
• Md Ridwan Adib – In situ pH-Controlled electrochemical sensors for glucose and pH detection in calf saliva
Rising Star: (category: enrolled on a masters, or PhD in years 1 or 2):
• Michael Sweetman – Structure and stability of copper nanoclusters on monolayer tungsten dichalcogenides
• Amna Tiwana – A Computationally Efficient 2D-root MUSIC Parameter Estimation for OCDM-based RadCom
Runners-up: (category: PhD years 3+)
• Martina Piletti – Electrochemical synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dot inks and evaluation of their use for anticounterfeiting applications
• Zhongzheng Wang – A Fast Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy With a Square Wave as Excitation Signal for Impedance-Based Biomedical Applications
