The D. J. Jones Group

University College Cork (UCC)

Ula Dudek


Government of Ireland PhD Scholar (Joint with Prof G McGlacken)


2025 - present: PhD Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University College Cork
Summer 2024: R&D Industry Placement in Pharmacare Premium, Malta
2021 - 2025: BSc Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds, University College Cork
Ula is from Leszno, Poland. She moved to Cork in 2021 to undertake her BSc Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds at UCC. During her 3rd year of studies, she completed a 5-month industry placement in the R&D Department of Pharmacare Premium on the island of Malta. In 2025, she started her PhD funded through the GOI Scholarship and co-supervised by Prof Gerard McGlacken and Dr David Jones. Outside of work, Ula's hobbies include dancing, cooking, jewellery making and skiing.