The Division has a SLOGAN!

We had 28 people submit 86 slogans and after discussion and voting by the DOC Executive Committee, the winning submission provided by Kevin Gahan, Ph.D. from the contest is Improving the world one molecule at a time.

Kevin Gahan was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved to Dublin, Ireland to pursue a BSc Hons in chemistry at the University College Dublin (UCD), then did a Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Pat Guiry working on the synthesis of anti-inflammatory compounds, also at UCD. Following this, Kevin went on to do post doctoral research in Paris at École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles (ESPCI) with Professor Janine Cossy working on the synthesis of fragrant compounds for an industrial partner. After completion of his post doctoral studies Kevin moved to Helsinki where he is currently working as a research and development chemist at Fermion.