About Luke O’Neill

Prof. O’Neill holds the Chair of Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin where he leads the Inflammation Research Group. After receiving his PhD in pharmacology from the University of London, he carried out postdoctoral research at the Strangeways Research Laboratory in Cambridge, funded by the Medical Research Council. His research is focused on the molecular basis of inflammation, with a particular emphasis on innate immunity, toll-like receptors, inflammasomes and metabolic reprogramming in macrophage activation. O’Neill has been named by Clarivate/Thomson Reuters as one of the world’s most influential scientists and has won numerous awards for his research. These include the European Federation of Immunology Societies medal, the International Cytokine and Interferon Society Milstein Award, The Royal Dublin Society Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence and The Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal for Life Sciences. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016.