{"id":14,"date":"2026-10-20T10:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alfie-project.ie\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:38:22","slug":"research-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alfie-project.ie\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"Research Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mfrc-atu.ie\/meet-the-team\/dr-heather-lally\/\"><strong>Dr Heather T. Lally<\/strong><\/a>(ATU, Principal Investigator) is a senior lecturer &amp; researcher in Freshwater Ecology and Biology at <strong>ATU Galway city<\/strong> and holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Galway. Dr Lally has expertise in ecological restoration, habitat and connectivity mapping, and application of Fragstats and InVEST models.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mfrc-atu.ie\/meet-the-team\/dr-conor-graham\/\"><strong>Dr Conor Graham<\/strong><\/a> (ATU) is a lecturer and researcher in ecology and environmental sciences based in MFRC, <strong>ATU Galway city<\/strong>. He has expertise in statistics, traceability, water quality analyses, invertebrate and fish ecology, trophic ecology and in analytical methods such as stable isotopes and elemental analyses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mfrc-atu.ie\/meet-the-team\/colin-guilfoyle\/\"><strong>Colin Guilfoyle<\/strong><\/a> (ATU) has a PhD &nbsp;in restoration ecology and landscape management at <strong>ATU Galway city<\/strong>. His PhD focussed on utilising biological survey data to form the basis for the development of landscape restoration plans for Wild Nephin National Park.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acresireland.ie\/wps-members\/dr-julien-carlier\/\"><strong>Dr Julien Carlier<\/strong><\/a> (ACRES Breifne CP) is deputy manager of the <strong>ACRES Breifne Cooperation Project<\/strong> under DAFM\u2019s Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme. With over nine years\u2019 experience, he specialises in High Nature Value farmland and forest systems, ecosystem services modelling and remote sensing, policy development, and sustainable land use. His PhD focussed on Greenway ecological connectivity, monitoring and landscape characterisation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ichec.ie\/staff\/liam-heaphy\"><strong>Dr Liam Heaphy<\/strong><\/a>(ICHEC) is a research fellow at the <strong>Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)<\/strong> in the University of Galway. He has a PhD in Architecture from the University of Manchester, and his research is on environmental sustainability and the built environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Heather T. Lally(ATU, Principal Investigator) is a senior lecturer &amp; researcher in Freshwater Ecology and Biology at ATU Galway city and holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Galway. 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