UL scientist given €1.5m for clean energy research

A University of Limerick (UL) researcher has been given €1.5m for pioneering work on generating clean energy through photosynthesis — the only Irish scientist granted by the European Research Council (ERC) in the physical science field this year,
.Electrochemist and lecturer Dr Micheál Scanlon is one of only three Irish-based researchers overall to be awarded an ERC starting grant in 2017.