Dr. Trish O’Connell is the academic coordinator of the Master of Science in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing run by the Atlantic Technological University Galway city campus. Having come to academia from industry, she has extensive industrial experience at both senior and consulting engineer level in the application and use of statistical tools for manufacturing. Trish holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and currently lectures to final year students on the BSc (Hons) in Applied Biology and Biopharmaceutical Science. She also lectures and supervises students on the level 9 Masters in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing.