Hugh Mohan obtained his BSc (Hons) in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences from Dublin City University in 2021. He completed his final year project (Investigating 0D carbon nanomaterials in anti-cancer formulations) under the guidance of Prof. Silvia Giordani and obtained an Irish Research Council GOIPG scholarship (GOIPG/2021/210) to further this research during a PhD in the Giordani group. His research project focuses on developing nanocarriers based on doped carbon nano-onions to improve anticancer treatments. At the completion of his PhD, Hugh earned the 2025 DCU Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award (OGRA) from the Faculty of Science and Health.
- Nanocarriers
- CNOs
- Theragnostics
BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science
Dublin City University 2021
Non-Covalently Functionalised Boron/Nitrogen Co-doped Carbon Nano-onions as Targeted Nanocarriers
7th Annual DCU Chemistry Day, Dublin, Ireland
Oral April 2022
Supramolecular functionalisation of B/N co-doped carbon nano-onions for novel nanocarrier systems
Un. Montpellier@DCU – Advances in Materials Chemistry, Dublin, Ireland
Oral June 2022
Non-covalently functionalised boron/nitrogen co-doped carbon nano-onions as targeted nanocarriers
32nd International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Lisbon, Portugal
Oral September 2022
Towards targeted, fluorescent nanocarrier systems based on doped carbon nano-onions
23rd International Conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes and Low-dimensional Materials, Arcachon, France
Oral June 2023
Supramolecular functionalisation of B/N co-doped carbon nano-onions for theragnostic applications
73rd Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium Dublin, Ireland
Poster June 2022
A fluorescent, targeted nanocarrier system based on doped carbon nano-onions
16th International Conference on materials chemistry, Dublin, Ireland
Poster July 2023
The synthesis and characterisation of a doxorubicin/carbon nano-onion nanocarrier system
9th Annual DCU Chemistry Day, Dublin, Ireland
Oral June 2024
A smart nanocarrier system for the delivery of Doxorubicin to cancer cells
9th EuChemS Chemistry Congress, Dublin, Ireland
Oral July 2024
B/N-Doped Carbon Nano-Onions as Nanocarriers for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy
The World Conference on Carbon 2025
Oral Presentation (Best Oral Presentation Award) June 29th - July 4th 2025