DR Barbara Murphy is are the forefront of new technology which is leading in the way in the reproductive industry. Murphy is head of the Equine Animal Science course at University College Dublin and is creator of the Equilume Light Mask.

Following on from her BSc in Equine Science from the University of Limerick, Murphy worked in the thoroughbred industry in America and in Ireland before she did a PhD in Veterinary Science at the Gluck Equine Research Centre at the University of Kentucky.