Martin O'Halloran

Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor

BEng, MSc, PhD

Martin is Executive Director of the BioInnovate programme (Europe’s only affiliate of Stanford’s BioDesign programme). He has received 7 successive research awards from the European Research Council (Europe’s equivalent of the NIH), is a named inventor on 20+ medtech patents, and was selected as the inaugural Irish Research Council’s Senior Researcher of the Year. Martin's experience in both the start-up innovation space and R&D has been invaluable to Relevium Medical. He frequently inputs and troubleshoots with the team around a variety of topics. Martin currently supports Relevium through his research on ERC-funded projects in urology and the discovery of new neurotoxins for knee OA pain.

Martin is a keen karate enthusiast and holds a black belt in Shotokan Karate, has won several national titles, and has taught karate for over 20 years.