Muriel Grenon
Institution: National University of Ireland Galway
Address: Biochemistry room 131. Art & Science Building. School of Natural Sciences
Postal Code: H91 CF50
Country: Ireland
Muriel Grenon is lecturer in Biochemistry and the founding director of the Cell EXPLORERS science outreach programme (www.cellexplorers.ie) in the School of Natural Sciences of the National University of Ireland Galway. Both her extensive research and teaching experiences have been essential to the creation and development of this education programme linking research, third level education and primary/secondary schools. Her areas of expertise are biology, Science outreach & education and public engagement in Science. Her research interests are informal science education, hands on learning and the use of educational science outreach as a university teaching tool.