Conor Coyle

Contact

Information

Office: S109A

Phone: 01 700 7693

 

 

 

 

Research Groups

National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST)

Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI)

School of Physical Sciences

Dublin City University

 

Languages

English: Native......French: Fluent

 

 

 

 

Experience

2008 - Present, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland - PhD in Plasma Physics with Biosensor Applications

 

2007 - 2008, L’Alliance Française, Lyon, France.

 

2007 - 2008, Chongqing Normal University (Foreign Trade and Business) 庆师范大学, Chongqing, P.R. of China.

 

2002 - 2006, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland - B.Sc. in Applied Physics

 

2004 - 2005, Intel Ireland, Kildare, Ireland.

 

 

Programming & Software

C++, LaTex, Matlab, Origin, Android App, Microsoft: Frontpage, Excel Powerpoint, Word etc, Adobe Illustrator, LabView, Linux, WsXm, Currently learning SQL through OracleExpress

 

 

 

 

Publications

Conor Coyle, Ram P Gandiraman, Vladimir Gubala, Nam Cao Hoai Le, Christy Charlton, Paul Swift, Stephen Daniels, David E Williams. "Tetraethyl orthosilicate and acrylic acid forming robust carboxylic functionalities on plastic surfaces for Biodiagnostics". 2011. DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201100070

 

Conor Coyle, R P Gandiraman, C Hayden , S Daniels, and P Swift. Characterisation of an acrylic acid plasma by retarding field energy analyser, mass spectrometry and optical emission spectroscopy. Submitted.

 

Nam Cao Hoai Le, Vladimir Gubala, Ram P. Gandhiraman, Conor Coyle, Stephen Daniels, David E. Williams. Total internal reflection ellipsometry (TIRE) as a label-free detection technique for the monitoring of bioassays on a functionalised cyclo olefin polymer surface. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2010,398,1927-1936

 

Christy Charlton, Vladimir Gubala, Ram P. Gandhiraman, Nam Cao Hoai Le, Conor Coyle, Stephen Daniels, Brian D. MacCraith, David E. Williams. TIRF Microscopy as a Screening Method for Non-Specific Binding on Surfaces. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2010, 1(354), 405-409.

 

V. Gubala, R. P. Gandhiraman, C. Volcke, C. Doyle, C. Coyle, B. James, S. Daniels and D. E. Williams. Silanation of Cyclo Olefin Polymer Surfaces. Comprehensive characterization of (3- Aminopropyl) tris-ethoxysilane coatings by PECVD, Insight from the top layer into the bulk. Analyst, 2010, 135, 1375-1381.

 

Vladimir Gubala, Nam Cao Hoai Le, Ram Prasad Gandhiraman, Conor Coyle, Stephen Daniels, David E. Williams. Functionalization of cyclo olefin polymer substrates by plasma oxidation: Stable film containing carboxylic acid groups for capturing biorecognition elements. Colloids Surf., B, 2010, 81, 544-548.

 

Ram P. Gandhiraman, Mohan Kumar Muniyappa, Magdalena Dudek, Conor Coyle, Cedric Volcke, Paul Burham, Stephen Daniels, Niall Barron, Martin Clynes, David C.Cameron. Interaction of plasma deposited HMDSO based coatings with fibrinogen and human blood plasma: the c orrelation between bulk plasma, surface characteristics and biomolecule interaction. Plasma. Process. Polym. 2010, 7, 411-421

 

 

 

 

Conferences

2010 63rd GEC and 7th ICRP, Paris, France

2009 EPS 37th Plasma Conference Germany

2009/2010 Institute of Physics Spring Weekend, Ireland

2009/2010/2011 BOC Gas Poster Competition Dublin City University, Ireland

 

 

 

 

Undergrad Modules

Introduction to Programming

Mathematics for Physicists

Electricity and Magnetism

Thermal & Physical Properties of Matter

The Universe

Physics 1

Physics Laboratory I

Introduction to Computing

Plasma Science and Technology

Mechanics

 

Advanced Programming

Digital & Analogue Electronics

Calculus of Several Variables

Linear Mathematics

Quantum Physics I

Electromagnetism

Solid State Physics I

Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics

Laboratory General Physics

Electrodynamics

 

INTRA (Physics)

Quantum Physics II

Wave Optics

Physics Laboratory V

Semiconductor Physics I

Final Year Project

Applied Spectroscopy

Biophotonics

Uaneen Module

 

 

 

 

 

Other

Full scholarship funding for my PhD studies.

DCU Uaneen Award for outstanding contribution to student life.

Associate member of the Institute of Physics, UK and ROI. (AMInstP)