Dr. O'Donoghue is an award winning scientist with passion for innovation and industrial oriented research in the field of metallurgy with applications areas in alloy development, automation, biomedical, aerospace and recycling. She is co-inventor on 6 patents, founder of spin out company Votechnik, and as raised circa €5m of funding for these activities and is published in journals including Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics, Engineers Journal, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Materials Today, and Irish Environmental Protection Agency National Reports.