Dr. Rachel Clarke

Dr. Rachel Clarke is the programme manager for the ELEVATE programme. ELEVATE is funded under the TU Research and Innovation Supporting Enterprise scheme (TU RISE) and aims to enhance capacity for research and innovation, and to enable greater and more structured engagement with local and regional enterprises and community stakeholders. Prior to joining IADT, Rachel was employed by the Irish Research Council (IRC) where she managed an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) post-doctoral fellowship programme in public health crises and a Digital Humanities programme co-funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK and the IRC. In 2017, Rachel was awarded a PhD from the School of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD). Her main research focus was on emerging contaminants and the risk to human health and the environment. Rachel has published many journal articles, book chapters and conference papers. Rachel has also presented her research at National and International conferences. Rachel is looking forward to working with the ELEVATE team in Research, Enterprise and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to achieve the aims and vision of the programme and the subsequent transformation of the research and innovation ecosystem at IADT.