‘Multiferroic materials have potential to revolutionise data storage capacity’
3 Feb 2021451 Views
Dr Lynette Keeney at Tyndall National Institute is leading research into groundbreaking materials that are bringing us closer to next-generation data storage.
In 2015 and again in 2020, Dr Lynette Keeney was awarded prestigious University Research Fellowship Awards from the Royal Society and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for her research project, ‘Memories are made of this’.
Memory, in Keeney’s research, is made of multiferroics. These are materials that exhibit multiple primary ferroic properties in the same phase. These properties include ferromagnetism (magnetisation that is switchable by an applied magnetic field), ferroelectricity (electric polarisation that is switchable by an applied electric field) and ferroelasticity (a deformation that is switchable by an applied stress).
Dr Lynette Keeney says being a mother and having a full time career is a balancing act.
The Cairns Hill native is a researcher at Tyndall National Institute in Cork and has recently been awarded a prestigious Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellowship for the second time for her outstanding early career success in the area of deep-tech data storage.
Described as an ambassador for careers in STEM, Dr Keeney wants to make a difference and does so by nurturing people s curiosity. She has previously hosted transition year and other students in labs, virtual primary school visits and gives career talks, even providing guidance for BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition projects.