Ruairi is the founding CEO of GlasPort Bio and has 20 years’ experience in the biotechnology industry. He has previously co-founded an agri. biotech company and raised approximately €5m.
Ruairi has held senior research positions in several European biotech companies, and worked as an executive within the Technology Transfer Office at the University of Galway, where he was responsible for commercialisation of
technologies relating to biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
Ruairi received a 1st class honours Bachelor of Science, Biotechnology from the University of Galway, a PhD in Neurovirology from the University of Glasgow, and an MBA from the University of Edinburgh.
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European Commission, EIC Review panel
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