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Gordon Lightbody is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at University College Cork (UCC). He holds a MEng (Distinction) and PhD from Queen's University Belfast. His research focuses on intelligent control systems applied to biomedical engineering, renewable energy, and power systems. He has been a key figure in projects like the MAREI and INFANT research centres, addressing marine energy and neonatal health challenges.
His academic career includes roles at Queen's University Belfast (1993-1997) and UCC since 1997, where he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008. He has contributed to over 194 peer-reviewed publications and won the UCC Invention of the Year Award (2010) for neonatal seizure detection algorithms.
Research interests span energy systems (wind/wave power, smart grids) and biomedical signal processing (neonatal EEG analysis). His work on neonatal seizure detection is under clinical trials and recognized in government innovation reports. He also serves on committees like the IFAC National Member Organisation for Ireland.
He has supervised 17 PhD students and currently leads a research group with 5 PhD candidates. His grants include SFI funding for NEOPRISM and roles in MAREI (28M) and INFANT (6M) centres.
