Carolyn Hughes

Carolyn joined Invent DCU in December 2007 and is responsible for commercialisation of DCU’s research in the areas of physical and chemical sciences including research from the National Centre for Plasma Science & Technology and from the National Centre for Sensor Research. 

Prior to joining the Invent team, Carolyn worked for 12 years with The BOC Group, a global provider of industrial gases and equipment. During this time Carolyn held a number of positions including product management, business development and commercialisation management within the semiconductor and instrumentation sectors. Carolyn also spent 2 years based at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium; Europe’s leading R&D centre for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology where she co-ordinated BOC’s research interests.

Carolyn holds a 1^st class honours degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Manchester, UK.