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| pre-nominals = | name = Aoife Gowen | post-nominals = | image = Aoife Gowen.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Photograph of Aoife Gowen, Associate professor | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Kilkenny, Ireland | baptised = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = Ireland | nationality = Irish | other_names = | citizenship = | education = * B.A. – Trinity College Dublin (TCD) (1996-200)
| alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = Hyper-spectral Imaging | notable_works = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | family = | awards = | website = }} OverviewAoife Gowen is currently an Associate Professor in the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering. Her research area is multidisciplinary, involving applications of Hyperspectral Imaging and chemometrics to biological systems. Gowen’s expertise lies particularly in Hyperspectral Imaging, a technique that images objects and extracts information from each pixel, about wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum. The results can give insights into the ‘unseen’ properties and chemistry of the object. Early life and educationAoife grew up with both her father and mother in her family home in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Her father was a supervisor in the local brewery and her mother was a swimming instructor. Aoife’s education began in St. Canices primary school, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. In 1991 she attended, Loreto Secondary school in Kilkenny and graduated in 1996 after developing a love for both maths and physics. After graduating secondary school, Aoife moved to Dublin to study Theoretical Physics in Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2000. Gowen’s interest in maths influenced her to pursue a master’s in financial maths in Dublin City University (DCU) graduating in 2001. In 2002, Aoife began in a new field of study, the highly applied research area of Food Science, attaining her doctoral degree in food science from the Dublin institute of technology (DIT) in 2006. Her PhD thesis, completed in 2006, was centred on mathematical modelling of food quality parameters and optimization of food process operations. Gowen then spent some time as a post-doctoral researcher, investigating the intersection of near infrared spectroscopy, chemical imaging and chemometrics for characterization of biological systems Career researchAoife joined UCD in 2007 as a postdoctoral researcher, working on Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI). Her research involves the application and development of multivariate analysis and image processing techniques for non-destructive assessment of biological products using HSI. In 2010 Aoife spent 2 years in Kobe University, Japan, studying and researching Hyperspectral Imaging. This led to her current project, which is probing what happens to water at interfaces where it interacts with various materials. This entails the observation of chemical changes in hydrogen bonding between water molecules. By procuring equipment and engaging in the transfer of knowledge through international collaborations with leading worldwide researchers in HSI, Aoife was able to set up the first facility for Hyperspectral Imaging for food quality analysis in Ireland and currently leads the UCD spectral imaging research group. This is a link to the lab : www.ucd.ie/sirg Awards and recognitionAoife has been successful in gaining funding awards to support her research activities. Including a European Union Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship grant. On the 8th of March 2017, Aoife Gowen was included in an article titled “25 of Ireland’s phenomenal women of engineering”..[1]. Aoife was included in a group portrait, as part of the “Women on Walls” project, painted by Blaise Smith, representing 8 women recognised for their outstanding scientific work in Ireland today. Immortalised in art form as part of the Accenture Women on Walls unveiling, at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), Gowen was one of three Irish researchers who secured €2m in EU R&D funding each as part of the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Grants in 2013. Women on wallsWomen on Walls is a campaign by Accenture in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy, that seeks to make female leaders visible [1] In a recent interview, Aoife spoke of how she feels the visibility of women in STEM is to her. She shares the subconscious challenges, that the lack of visibility of women adds to the everyday life of a woman in these positions. “when I was an undergrad, 1 in 10 of the professors in the department was a woman, you kind of subconsciously think, well what are the chances that I can be a professor? I think I’ve gotten to where I am today because I wasn’t afraid to take opportunities”[2] Aoife, who has a daughter, feels now more than ever that the world that young girls grow up in should be one of gender equality. In a recent study it was shown that 70% of European people, think that women don’t have the ability to reach senior positions in science. In response to this Aoife has said: “We need to help each other out, women in science and we can share a lot of experience with each other”[2] Women on walls seeks to make women visible through a series of commissioned portraits, creating a lasting cultural legacy for Ireland. This programme began in 2016. The fifth portrait painted by artist Blaise Smith, is a group portrait of eight contemporary female scientists. Aoife and seven other scientists, were chosen as representatives of outstanding female scientists working in Ireland today. The finished artworks are now on permanent display at the Royal Irish Academy[2] This is a link to the article: https://www.ria.ie/women-walls-0 Degrees
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