Dr Paul Hynds is a Principal Investigator in the Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute (ESHI), Technological University Dublin. Pauls primary interests are in environmental fate modelling, waterborne infection and statistical modelling. His work is borne out of the “dual receptor” model thus acknowledging that both the environment and humans are affected by contamination, and particularly microbial contamination by agriculture and human wastewater. As such, he use's statistics and numerical modelling to predict the presence, frequency, and movement of enteric pathogens in the Irish environment, and how, when and where these pathogens cause infectious diseases such as VTEC enteritis and cryptosporidiosis. He tries to identify the times and places that contamination and infection are most likely to occur, and thus prevent them via improved scientific monitoring and communication with scientists, policymakers and the public.