Patent Assistant
BA Natural Science, Trinity College Dublin
PhD Chemistry, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge
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Seán graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA in Natural Science before continuing his studies in the field of Supramolecular Chemistry, completing his PhD at the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.
During this time, he undertook numerous visiting researcher positions around the world at Northwestern University, Jacob's University Bremen, Tsinghua University and the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
Following his studies he completed postdoctoral research associateships at the Cavendish laboratory, University of Cambridge and the Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London. His research focused on DNA-mediated assembly of optoelectronic chromophore stacks and investigation of their ultrafast dynamics by transient spectroscopy and the synthesis of novel, chiral organic semiconductors and their application to spintronic devices.
In 2022 Seán joined Keltie and is training to become a qualified Patent Attorney. Since joining Keltie, Seán has worked in the Life Sciences and Chemistry team dealing with a range of subject-matter in the fields of chemistry, biology, materials and medical devices. As part of his role he is working with a range of clients from start-ups to SMEs and multinational corporations.
13.12.2022
Women and IP: a continuing journeyIt’s now over 30 years since I joined the patent attorney profession. When I started, there were relatively few female patent attorneys, partly due to much lower numbers of women studying STEM subjects at university. I recall I was one of about six women in a cohort of 90 studying chemistry at Imperial College, and there were even fewer in the engineering departments. Today, thankfully there are more women in the profession – but there are still things we need to improve.
03.03.2021
5 minutes with Emily Weal on materials science patentsWhat's new and what's next in materials science and IP?
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