Our Research Team

Our Research Team

The research team comprises of the PI, 2 postdoctoral researchers, 2 research assistants and 4 doctoral students. They are based in the University of Galway’s School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Our project team

Prof Anne O’Connor

Prof Anne O’Connor

Principal Investigator

Professor Anne O’Connor is Personal Professor and co-director of the Emily Anderson Centre for Translation …

Anna Beatriz Dimas Furtado

Anna Beatriz Dimas Furtado

Research Assistant

Anna Beatriz Dimas Furtado holds a Masters in Technology for Translation and Interpreting (EMTTI) and a BA in …

Tianyue Liang

Tianyue Liang

Doctoral Researcher

Tianyue Liang received an MA in Translation & Interpreting (2018) from the University of New South Wales in Australia …

Yasmine Magdy

Yasmine Magdy

Doctoral Researcher

Yasmine Magdy holds 2 bachelor’s degrees in Foreign Applied Languages from the Université française d’Égypte …

Mennatallah Mansi

Mennatallah Mansi

Doctoral Researcher

Mennatallah Mansi received an MA in the Politics of Translation in 2021 from Cairo University. Her previous …

Iwona O’Donoghue

Iwona O’Donoghue

Research Assistant

Iwona O’Donoghue has been working in the University of Galway since March 2009. She holds a Master of Arts in …

Raluca Tanasescu

Raluca Tanasescu

Postdoctoral researcher

Raluca Tanasescu received a PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Ottawa’s School of Translation and …

Chris Tanasescu

Chris Tanasescu

Researcher

Chris Tanasescu has degrees in both English and Computer Science and works at the intersection of Natural Language …

Xiaojing Zeng

Xiaojing Zeng

Doctoral Researcher

Xiaojing Zeng received an MA in Translation (2018) from Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BA in Translation …

International Advisory Board

Piotr Blumczynski

Piotr Blumczynski

Piotr Blumczynski is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Translation and Interpreting, Queen’s University Belfast, where …

Sameh Hanna

Sameh Hanna

Sameh Hanna is a Global Translation Adviser with United Bible Societies. He previously held a number of academic posts at …

Hephzibah Israel

Hephzibah Israel

Hephzibah Israel is a Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, University of Edinburgh. Her research interests lie in the …

Kaisa Koskinen

Kaisa Koskinen is full professor of Translation Studies and head of the Languages unit at Tampere University…

Fernando Prieto Ramos

Fernando Prieto Ramos

Fernando Prieto Ramos is a Full Professor and Director of the Centre for Legal and Institutional Translation Studies (Transius) …