Joseph Monahan
Laboratory Demonstrator
Ulster, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Monahan is a PhD candidate in Materials Chemistry at Maynooth University investigating antimicrobial applications of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, bringing a strong grounding in pharmaceutical and biomedical chemistry (BSc 1.1) to interdisciplinary materials research. As a laboratory demonstrator and former research technician at Teagasc, he combines hands-on GC-FID/GC-MS analytical experience with practical lab teaching and method development. He also contributes to open-source software, improving UI and documentation for the widely used MIT App Inventor project, demonstrating attention to usability and reproducible workflows. With over six years in hospitality and student representation roles, he pairs rigorous experimental skills with proven teamwork, communication, and pressure-tested operational resilience.
15 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Chemistry and Antimicrobial Resistance, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Chemistry and Antimicrobial Resistance at Maynooth UniversityBailieborough Community School
English, Irish
Github Skills (8)
javas10
uid10
blockly10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
java10
documentation10
javascript9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mit-cml/appinventor-sources
Jun 2012 - Jul 2021
MIT App Inventor Public Open Source
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 121 commits, 32 PRs in 9 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the user interface and documentation aspects of the MIT App Inventor project. They updated the documentation to include steps to restart the app from the blocks editor. They also updated text and added and/or modified components to increase functionality within the App inventor platform. Moreover, the user also added code to handle the behavior of text input and block collapsing functionality within the system.
appinventor
thunkable/mongoose
Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
MongoDB object modeling designed to work in an asynchronous environment.
Contributions:2 releases, 3 branches, 2 tags in 3 years
pythonasynchronousodmmodelingmongodb
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