Page 5 - MISE Project Report

The MISE Project was selected as one of 11 projects to showcase the programme.
Dr Lee Coffey, Former MISE Project Manager
Lee completed a BSc (H) in Applied Biology with Quality Management and a PhD in Molecular Biotechnology at WIT in 2002 and 2007, respectively. In this time he gained experience in industry in both microbiological and pharmaceutical laboratories. Lee conducted his postdoctoral research at the PMBRC from October 2007 to March 2011, expanding the biocatalysis
Edel Sheerin, MISE Project Assistant
Edel graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway with a BSc in Zoology. She joined the MISE team in September 2013 as Project Assistant and has been responsible for conducting the genetic analysis of MISE samples in the laboratory. In her free time she enjoys getting outdoors; hill walking, horse riding and surfing! Her
Dr Denise O’Meara, MISE Project Officer
Denise has a PhD in the area of red squirrel genetics from WIT and a BSc in Applied Ecology from University College Cork. Denise has been working with the MISE project since its commencement in 2011, and played important roles in the development and organisation of local otter surveys and worked extensively on
Waterford City and County Council Bernadette Guest, Heritage Officer
Bernadette is Heritage Officer with Waterford City and County Council. The Heritage Office provides a strategic and co-ordinated approach to managing heritage through the implementation of the Waterford Heritage and Local Biodiversity Plans and also provides advice and information on heritage projects, heritage funding and heritage legislation both within the local authority and to the wider community. The Heritage Officer
research while also serving as manager of the Molecular Biology research lab. In March 2011 he became Project Manager for the MISE project until August 2013. Lee then left the MISE project to take up a role as Lecturer in the Department of Science, WIT and a Principal Investigator at the PMBRC where he is now leading the molecular biotechnology/biocatalysis research group.
research interests lie in the field of conservation genetics and she intends to pursue a career in this area.
educational projects with school groups. Denise is passionate about science communication and outreach.
is involved in project management of the MISE INTERREG project. The project has provided significant data that is being used as environmental indicators feeding into the Waterford Habitat Map and informing conservation assessments within planning authority work programmes and policy.
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