Distinguished Scientists

Friday, March 12th, 2010 05:42 am

Distinguished Scientists in Irish Universities

The scientists are listed in alphabetical order. Click on a letter below.

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		Professor R.N. Butler, NUI, Galway As well as teaching and administrative work Professor R.N. Butler carries out research in organic synthesis and mechanisms particularly with nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and selenium systems.
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		Dr Paul Callanan, UCC Astronomer Dr Paul Callanans, work involves the study of black holes in our Galaxy, and to this end he uses the largest telescopes in the world - the Keck telescopes in Hawaii- as well as orbiting satellites, like the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
		Professor Tom Cotter, UCC Professor Tom Cotter, Department of Biochemistry, UCC was the 1999 Boyle Medal winner in recognition of excellence in scientific research. He also received a £30,000 bursary to be used to fund a research student over a three-year period. The award was made by the Royal Dublin Society.
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		Professor Dainty, NUI, Galway graduated from the Polytechnic of Central London in 1968 with a Diploma in Photographic Technology. A year later he received his masters degree in Applied Optics from Imperial College, London. He also completed his doctorate studies at Imperial and graduated in 1972 with a Ph.D. in Physics.
		Professor Dermot Diamond, DCU was born in Belfast in 1953, and attended St. Mary's CBS in Barrack Street and the Glen Road. In 1972 Professor Diamond went to Queen's University, leaving in 1976 with a B.Sc. in Archaeology, and a background in Geology, Statistics and Chemistry.
		Dr Gareth Dyke, UCD Palaeontologist Dr Gareth Dyke was awarded his PhD in 2000 from the University of Bristol in the UK and then went on to a research position at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Zoology in UCD since 2003
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		Prof John Gamble, UCC Prof Gamble, a 1974 graduate of Queen's University, worked for years in Australia and New Zealand before returning to Ireland in 2002 to take up his current position as UCC’s chair of geology.
		Dr Nicholas Gathergood, DCU Dr Nicholas Gathergood is an organic chemistry lecturer in the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University. He completed his honours degree in Chemistry at the University of Bath in 1994, and then moved to the University of Southampton to study for his PhD under the guidance of Professor Richard Whitby.
		Dr. James Gleeson, UCC Dr. James Gleeson was awarded his BSc in Mathematics/Science and his MSc in Mathematics/ Physics from University College, Dublin in 1995.
		Professor Michael Guiry, NUI, Galway was born in Youghal, Co. Cork. He obtained Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Department of Botany, UCC on marine ecology. He then went on to do further research at the University of London where he was awarded both a Ph.D. for a study of marine red algae, particular the edible dulse.
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		Dr. Jana Haase, UCD Dr. Jana Haase is Lecturer in the Biochemistry Department at University College Dublin and researcher at the Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research
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		Prof. Gerard Jennings Director of the ECI Professor of Physics in NUI, Galway and Director of the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), which is a multidisciplinary research centre involving collaboration between researchers from various faculties of NUI, Galway and other research centres across Ireland
		Dr. Gary Jones, NUI Maynooth Research interests in the area of Yeast Genetics and focus on the use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (bakers yeast) to study the effects of protein chaperones on the folding of yeast prion proteins.
		Professor Michael Jones, TCD Prof. Mike Jones is a plant ecophysiologist and holds the Chair of Botany at TCD. His main area of research is in the study of climate-plant interactions, particularly the effects of climate on photosynthesis, growth and primary productivity.
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		Professor Michael J. Kennedy, Dean of Science, UCD Professor Kennedy obtained his BA, MA and PhD from Trinity College Dublin. He has worked with the Geological Survey of Canada and then joined the Department of Geology at Memorial University of St. John’s Newfoundland and was subsequently Chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences at Brock University in St. Catherine’s Ontario.
		Dr Therese Kinsella, UCD Dr. B. Therese Kinsella graduated with a B.Sc (1981) and Ph.D (1985) in Biochemistry from UCC, National University of Ireland. She is now a College Lecturer at the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, UCD and later at the Dept of Biochemistry, UCD.
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		Dr. David Lloyd, TCD Dr David Lloyd is the Hitachi Senior Lecturer in Advanced Computing in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, and is Trinity's Associate Dean of Research.
		Professor Noel Lowndes NUI, Galway Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Project Leader in the “Genome Stability Cluster” part of the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES) at NUI, Galway.
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		Professor Paul Malthouse, UCD Professor Paul Malthouse, UCD obtained a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of London. After working at London, Sussex, Edinburgh and Texas A & M. Universities he came to the Biochemistry Department at UCD in 1985
		Dr Mary Mc Caffrey A cell biologist at UCC, Dr Mary Mc Caffrey, is delving into the complex methods used by cells to transport materials including nutrients. The work could uncover completely new ways to tackle diseases such as cancer, BSE and diabetes.
		Professor Kingston Mills, TCD is the Professor of Biochemistry at The University of Dublin, Trinity College. He is a leading Scientist in the study of immunology and is currently on secondment as a Principle Investigator with Science Foundation Ireland.
		Dr. Fraser Mitchell, TCD Dr. Fraser Mitchell is a senior lecturer in the Botany Department which he joined in 1990. He is a member of both the Palaeoecology and Woodland Ecology research groups.
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		Dr Philip Newsholme, UCD Dr Philip Newsholme is based in the Department of Biochemistry, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research in University College Dublin.Dr Newsholme studies the importance of nutrient metabolism to cell function
		Dr Jens Erik Nielsen, UCD Dr Jens Erik Nielsen is a lecturer in the department of Biochemistry at University College Dublin (UCD). He completed his PhD in 2000 and having undertaken two postdoctoral fellow appointments, in Heidelberg (EMBL) and San Diego (UCSD) was appointed a lecturer in October 2003 at UCD, where he continues to study enzymes using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches.
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		Prof Neil O'Connell, UCC A Cork mathematician who has won an international prize for his research into how queues form and disperse
		Prof Rosemary O'Connor at UCC Prof Rosemary O'Connor, a specialist in cell biology at UCC, is one of a number of leading Irish scientists leading the battle against cancer. She is developing targeted therapies that can inhibit the growth of cancers of all kinds.
		Dr. Shirley O’Dea, NUI Maynooth Dr. Shirley O’Dea graduated with a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from UCD (1991) and went on to complete a Ph.D in Cancer Cell Biology at DCU (1995) studying regulation of differentiation in lung cancer cells.
		Professor Kay Ohlendieck, NUI Maynooth Professor Kay Ohlendieck, is the Chair of Biology in NUI Maynooth. His laboratory focuses on the biochemical characterisation of excitation-contraction coupling and the involvement of abnormal calcium handling in neuromuscular disorders.
		Professor Richard O’Kennedy, DCU Richard O’Kennedy has a B.Sc. in Biochemistry (1975), a Ph.D. in Tumour Biochemistry/ Immunology (1979) and was awarded the Bayley Butler Cup by UCD.
		Dr. Sandra O'Neill, DCU Dr Sandra O'Neill is a lecturer of Biosciences in the School of Nursing at Dublin City University. Having completed fours years nursing in England she pursued her interest in studying infectious diseases of humans, obtaining an Applied Biology degree at Brunel University, London, majoring in Parasite Immunology
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		Professor John Parnell, TCD John Parnell is currently based in the Department of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin and his research interests are in higher plant systematics. The work of his research team is largely concerned with studies of the Irish and S.E. Asian floras, especially that of Thailand.
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		Professor Malcolm R. Smyth, Dean of Science, DCU Prof. Malcolm R. Smyth (BSc PhD DSc C.Chem. FRSC FICI) obtained his BSc degree in Biochemistry from The Queen’s University of Belfast in 1972, and his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of London in 1976.
		Dr Tim Smyth, UL Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry within the Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Limerick - leads a research group that is active in the area of b-lactam chemistry; this work has attracted world-wide attention.
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		Professor William Watts, TCD Professor Watts has enjoyed a long and distinguished research career in the field of Quaternary Palaeoecology, where he continues to be a leading international figure. Current interests focus on geological/botanical research on the Late Quaternary of Italy, Florida and Ireland.