RESEARCH
MATTERS
/ NUI Galway
RESEARCH
MATTERS
/ NUI Galway
Tribute to Professor
Anthony Moran
It was with great shock and sadness that the friends and colleagues of Professor Anthony
Moran heard of his sudden and untimely death on the 30th of September at 49 years of
age. A native of Westport, Co. Mayo, Tony was a B.Sc. and Ph.D. graduate of UCD, and
was conferred with a D.Sc. by the National University of Ireland in 2006.
T
ony joined NUI Galway in 1992 and held a
Personal Professorship in Microbiology since
2005. Tony was the leader of the Infection and
Immunity Cluster within the School of Natural Sciences,
a PI in the Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster,
and an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Glycomics
at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
During his career, Tony achieved international
recognition in the biomedical sector of microbial
glycobiology, as well as bacterial pathogenesis and
immunity, especially for infections associated with
important human and veterinary pathogens. Moreover,
Tony was an expert in the areas of endotoxin research,
infection- and immunisation-induced autoimmunity
and vaccine safety. He had established productive
collaborations with numerous colleagues across Europe,
North America, Australia, and South Africa.
His research standing was reflected through regular
invitations to lecture and chair sessions at international
conferences, to act as a book and journal editor, as well
as an external assessor of research. His distinguished
achievements were recognised by the Royal Irish
Academy, to which he was elected as member in 2003.
He was an active member of the European Helicobacter
Study group, as well as a number of other prestigious
national and international committees and he organised
3 international scientific conferences in Galway.
Collectively, Tony published over 500 scientific
communications, including 180 peer-reviewed papers,
221 peer-reviewed abstracts and reports, 16 conference
proceedings and 173 conference abstracts. In addition,
he authored 25 book chapters, edited 4 books and was
working on his 5th book. In addition to research, Tony
was extremely active in undergraduate and post-graduate
teaching. He supervised to completion several M.Sc.
students, as well as 2 M.D.s and 12 Ph.D. students.
He had a further 4 Ph.D. students at various stages of
training in his research group.
Tony had an immense capacity for work; he was
passionate about his research and was dedicated to its
development and his students.
Tony will be greatly missed by the NUI Galway
community, and we offer our sincere condolences to
his wife Mari, his daughter, son, and mother, and all his
friends and colleagues. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
by DR. ANN RYAN,
Research Office
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