Prof. Ed Lavelle

Ed graduated with a BSc in Microbiology from University College Galway and a PhD in Immunology from the University of Plymouth. He carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Nottingham, Rowett Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin on vaccine adjuvants and immunomodulation. He was appointed at Trinity College Dublin as a lecturer in 2004, associate Professor in 2012 and Professor in Immunology in 2015. His main research area is the development of injectable and mucosal vaccines with a focus on the mechanisms by which vaccine adjuvants modulate innate and adaptive immune responses. Prof Lavelle is President of the 2024 European Congress of Immunology and former President of the Irish Society for Immunology and head of the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin.