Prof Vincent O’Flaherty
CSO & Co-Founder
Vincent is the Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of GlasPort Bio. He is also the lead inventor of the technologies underpinning the company.
Vincent acts as the scientific lead for the Sustainability Pillar in the Dairy Processing Technology Centre, which works on behalf of Irish enterprises to develop the indigenous environmental technology sector. He has 30 years of experience in the area of microbial biofilm and ecology research and is an internationally recognized research leader in the field.
Over the course of his research, Vincent has published over 300 scientific communications, including 95 papers in leading international, peer-reviewed journals. He has also successfully and consistently secured research funding of €10.5 million from national and international programmes.
Vincent received his 1st class honours undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Science, Microbiology, and PhD from the University of Galway.
RTE News Interview with GasAbate User
It [GasAbate] didn't affect my operation in any way. The installing of it, the running of it doesn't affect my farming operation in any way. The benefit to me is reduced agitation, reduced foaming in the slurry, reduced odor and hopefully increased nutrients in the slurry.
Raymond Goggins, Farmer, Bandon, Co. Cork
The greatest problem solvers
We are, after all, the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on Earth. If working apart, we are a force powerful enough to destabilize our planet. Surely working together, we are powerful enough to save it.
Veteran British broadcaster and documentary maker David Attenborough.
The GasAbate innovation is disruptive
The [GasAbate] innovation is disruptive and would be a game-changing technology. The impact for the environment is significant and it would put Europe worldwide on the leading edge
European Commission, EIC Review panel
2019 Climate Action Summit
The climate emergency is a race we are losing, but it is a race we can win.
António Guterres - Remarks at 2019 Climate Action Summit
The strongest lever
Cutting methane is the strongest lever we have to slow climate change over the next 25 years
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Programmel