Sir, – As scientists in Ireland and Irish scientists abroad, we are committed to making our contribution to Ireland’s recovery by doing the best and most innovative research possible. However, we are deeply concerned about the research policies implemented by the current Government. The policy of sustained investment in scientific excellence that helped build a vibrant scientific community in Ireland over the past 15 years has given way to a short-sighted drive for commercialisable research in a very limited set of prescribed areas.
Along with an investment in research that is below the EU average, steadily decreasing core grants to universities, and a constant demand to increase student numbers, these policies are creating a perfect storm for scientific research and education in Ireland and are undermining our abilities to carry out world-class research, to retain scientific talent in the country and also to educate future scientists and build a real and sustainable knowledge economy.
Innovation needs a strong core in basic research. A wealth of economic research shows that sustained investment in basic research pays huge dividends economically, not just through the generation of intellectual property and the development of new companies, but also by building human capital and by attracting companies that hope to benefit from a vibrant research community.
Countries with long-established and functional research systems that successfully underpin economic development rely on a well-balanced mix between basic and applied research.
The Government’s current investment in applied research is welcome and forms an essential part of an overall strategy to generate economic return from scientific research. However, without a continued parallel investment in longer-term, fundamental research there will be no discoveries to capitalise on.
By their very nature, such discoveries are not predictable and cannot be prescribed by what the Government calls “oriented basic research”. Equally unpredictable are the areas in which important discoveries will be made. Basic research should be funded on the criterion of excellence alone to ensure a credible and sustainable scientific infrastructure.
High-quality university education requires strong basic research. The current science policies of the Government are not only negatively affecting research but also science education in the country. A proper training in science requires hands-on experience in laboratories, with supervision and support from graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other researchers. Because of the continually changing funding policy, the numbers of research staff are steadily decreasing and we have now reached the stage where not all science students are getting the opportunity to do real experimental work during their studies. Thus, our ability to deliver a quality education is being seriously degraded. As a consequence, Irish universities are being dragged down in international rankings and this slide will inevitably continue if the current policies are maintained.
Basic research and science education go hand in hand – aspirations for a knowledge economy must therefore recognise that a connected ecosystem is required to achieve this. Building such an ecosystem needs continuity in public support over a longer time-frame and the implementation of the necessary policies requires foresight and patience. We call on the Government and funding bodies, in devising the successor to the “Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006-2013”, to reconsider their current policies and rebalance the funding of science to strongly support not only applied or “oriented basic” research in prioritised areas but also basic research across the full range of scientific disciplines. – Yours, etc,
TOM COTTER, MRIA, Boyle Medallist, University College Cork;
LUKE DRURY, MRIA, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies;
EILEEN FURLONG, ERC awardee, European Molecular Biology Laboratory;
GARRETT FITZGERALD,FRS, Boyle Medallist, University of Pennsylvania;
CATHERINE GODSON, MRIA, University College Dublin;
BRIAN HARVEY, MRIA, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland;
SEAMUS MARTIN, MRIA, Boyle Medallist, Trinity College Dublin;
KEVIN MITCHELL, Trinity College Dublin;
COLIN O’DOWD, MRIA, NUI Galway;
LUKE O’NEILL, MRIA, Boyle Medallist, ERC awardee, Trinity College Dublin;
STEPHEN O’RAHILLY, FRS, University of Cambridge;
EMMA TEELING, ERC awardee, University College Dublin.
Marian Tsanov, PhD, MD, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Wellcome Trust RCD Fellow
Lear Brace, Researcher, Harvard University
Valerie O’Donnell, Professor, Cardiff University, ERC Awardee
Sarah McLoughlin, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
Cliona O’Driscoll, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Maryland
Samantha White, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Fisheries and Oceans canada
Denise Fitzgerald, Lecturer, Queens University Belfast
Selinda Orr, Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Cardiff University
Ronan Loftus, IdentiGEN Ltd
Ita Costello, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
Lynette Keeney, Researcher, Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork
Tara McMorrow, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Daniela Quaglia, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Manchester, IRCSET
Francesca Paradisi, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Lara Pes, Postdoctoral Researcher, Weill Cornel Medical College
Jinju James, Researcher, University College Dublin, IRC EPS Scholar
Rob Radford, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Valeria Bandecchi, Research associate, University College Dublin
Hilary Cassidy, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin, Newman Fellowship
Sebastien Puechmaille, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Maria O’Connell, Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia
Karl Ackland, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Faustin Adiceam, Researcher, Maynooth University, SFI Fellow
Colin Adrain, Assistant Professor, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon Portugal
Kani Aggarwal, Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast
John Aggleton FRS, FMedSci, Associate Professor, Cardiff University
Mark Ahearne, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Khurshid Ahmad, Professor, Chair of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin
Louise Allcock, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Robin Allshire FRS, FRSE, Professor, University of Edinburgh
Isabela Aparicio-Erriu, Research Manager, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Vincent Astier, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Michael Babechuk, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Alan Baird, Professor, University College Dublin
Anne-Marie Baird, Postdoctoral Researcher, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Angela Baljuls, Postdoctoral Researcher, Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, DFG Research Fellowship
Pasha Baranov, Lecturer, University College Cork
Martin Barr, Clinical Scientist, St James’s Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, FP7
Sofia Barreira, Researcher, NUI Galway
Alan Barrett, Researcher, Dublin City University, IRC enterprise partnership scholarship
Denis Barry, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Frank Barry, Professor, NUI Galway
Anne Barry-Reidy, Graduate Student
Shivakumar Basavaraju, Researcher, National University of Ireland Galway, Irish Research Council “Government of Ireland” Scholar
Sharee Basdeo, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Ozgur Bayram, Lecturer, Maynooth University, Department of Biology, CDA Awardee
Chris Bean, Professor, University College Dublin
Allen Bellew, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Orina Belton, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Shane Bergin, Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin, SFI SIRG
Harald Berresheim, Senior Lecturer, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)
Ciarán Mac an Bhaird IMS, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Anna O’Faolain de Bhroithe, Postdoctoral Researcher, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen, Germany, IRC Awardee
Nikki Black, Researcher, National University of Ireland Galway
Oliver Blacque, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Shaun Bloomfield, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Arun Bokde, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
John Boland MRIA, Fellow of the AAAS, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Thomas Bolger, Professor, University College Dublin
Ursula Bond, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Cindy Bouchard, PhD student, Université de Montréal
Billy Bourke MRIA, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
Mary Bourke, President Irish Geomorphology Group, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Andrew Bowie MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Aoife Boyd, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Fabio Boylan, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Adrian Bracken, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Daniel Bradley MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Gareth Brady, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, Marie Curie
Ailbhe Brazel, Researcher, University of Edinburgh
Derek Brazil, Lecturer, Queens university Belfast
Conor Breen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Maynooth University
Kiva Brennan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Paul Brennan, Reader, Cardiff University
Ciprian Briciu-Burghina, Researcher, Dublin City University
Martin Bridgeman, Professor, Boston College
Gerard Brien, Postdoctoral Researcher, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Elizabeth Brindley, PhD Student, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Elizabeth Brint, Lecturer, University College Cork
Ruth Britto, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Teresa Brophy, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Dave Browe, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Colin Brown, Professor and Director of the Ryan Institute, NUI Galway
Jacinta Browne, Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Margaret Browne, PhD Researcher, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
Nicolae-Viorel Buchete, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Daniel Buckley, PhD, University College Dublin
Yvonne Buckley, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, School of Natural Sciences, Zoology
Peter van der Burgt FInstP, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Nikita Burke, Postdoctoral Researcher, NUI Galway, Centre for Pain Reseach and Galway Neuroscience Centre
Geraldine Butler, Professor, University College Dublin
John Butler FRAS, FRMet. S., Emeritus Research Fellow, Armagh Observatory, MBE
Ray Butler, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Nigel Buttimore, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Anne-Marie Byrne Irish Cancer Society, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Irish Cancer Society, Roche Researcher of the Year
Annette T Byrne, Senior Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, SFI Career Development Award; Co-ordinator of FP7 Health Angiopredict Programme; Co-ordinator of Marie Curie AngioTox Programme
Daragh Byrne, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dublin City University
Enda Byrne, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Queensland
Greg Byrne, Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Hugh James Byrne, Professor, Dublin Institute of Technology
Jason Byrne, Researcher, RAL Space, UK
Ruth Byrne, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Sadhbh Byrne, Researcher, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, IRC Awardee
Joao Cabral, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Brian Caffrey, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute
Daniel Caffrey, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Martin Caffrey MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Gerard Cagney, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Robert Cahill, NUI Galway
Maeve Caldwell, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Charlotte Callaghan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Matthew Campbell, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin, President of Ireland Young Researcher Awardee
Veronica Campbell, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Mary Cannon, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Noel Caplice, Professor, University College Cork
Ruth Carden IQUA, ICAZ , PhD & Independent Researcher, Research Associate, National Museum of Ireland-Natural History; IUCN Deer Specialist Group member; National University of Ireland Galway
John Carey, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tyndall - UCC
Eoin Carley IOPI, Postdoctoral Researcher, Paris Observatory, France., Marie-Curie ELEVATE fellowship, Earnshaw Medal
Caitriona Carlin, Postdoctoral Researcher, EPA funded PI at NUI Galway
Jim Carolan, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Richard Carroll, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Rosario Carroll, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Richard Carson, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Aoife Cartwright, Researcher, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Lara Cassidy, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, IRC Awardee
Paul Cassidy, Postgraduate, Trinity College Dublin
Rhodri Ceredig, Professor (Director, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science), NUI Galway
Gordon Chambers, Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Gerard Clarke, Lecturer, University College Cork
Sara Clohisey, Postdoctoral Researcher, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
Marguerite Clyne , Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Deirdre Coffey, Lecturer, University College Dublin
David Coleman, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan Coleman, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Michelle Coleman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
Eoin O Colgain, Postdoctoral Researcher, State University of New York Stony Brook
Aoife Colgan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Thomas Colgan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen Mary, University of London
Rebecca Coll, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Molecular Bioscience - University of Queensland
Caitriona Collins, PhD Student, NUI Galway
Cassandra Collins SGM, Postdoctoral Researcher, CMHI IT Tallaght, Dublin 24.
Gavin Collins, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Sean Commins, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Ruth Connaughton, Researcher, University College Dublin
Valerie Connaughton AAS, APS, AGU, Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
James Connelly, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Melissa Conroy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Eric Conway, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Robert Conway-Kenny AMRSC, Researcher, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin
Andrew Coogan, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Aoife Cooke, Postdoctoral Researcher, UCD
Michael Cooke, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Sarah Cooper, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Pádraic Corcoran, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Shefffield
Sinéad Corr, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, SFI SIRG
Derek Costello, Lecturer, University College Dublin
John Costello, Professor, Dublin City University
David Cotter, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Thomas Cotter MRIA, Professor, University College Cork, Boyle Medallist
Aisling Coughlan, Researcher, University College Dublin
Colm Coughlan, Postdoctoral fellow, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Mark Coughlan IQUA, Researcher, University College Cork
Emma Creagh, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Lucy Crockford, Lecturer, Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK
Tadhg O Croinin Conway Fellow, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Anthony Cronin, Researcher, UCD
Peter Croot, Professor, NUI Galway
Darragh Crosbie, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Kieran Crosbie-Staunton, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Paul Crossey, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Mark Crowe MRIA, Professor, University College Dublin
Tasman Crowe, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Peter Crowley, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Quentin Crowley FGS, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
John Cryan, Professor, University College Cork
Anna Csergo, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
Len Culhane FRS, Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University College London
Fred Cummins, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Clare Cunningham, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Colm Cunningham , Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Annie Curtis, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Rebekah D’Arcy, Lecturer, National University of Ireland Galway
Chris Dainty MRIA, Professor Emeritus at NUI Galway and Professorial Research Associate, University College London
Anne Daly, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Gavin Davey, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Anna Davies, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Gemma-Louise Davies RSC, Institute of Advanced Studies Global Research Fellow, University of Warwick, UK
Kellie Dean, Lecturer, University College Cork
Andrea Degasperi, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Padraig Deighan, Assistant Professor, Emmanuel College, Boston
Colin Dempsey, Researcher, TCD
Michel Destrade, Professor, NUI Galway
Kevin Devine MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Robert, J. N. Devoy LOICZ, IQUA, Professor, CMRC, Beaufort Laboratory & Dept. of Geography, UCC, IPCC, Nobel Peace Prize, 2007
Suraya Diaz, Postdoctoral Researcher
Detta Dickinson, Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Niall Dillon, Professor, Imperial College London
Shane Dillon, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Philip Dix, Professor, Maynooth University
Ruslan Dmitriev, SFI SIRG Investigator, University College Cork
Maciej Dobrzynski, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Alan Dobson MRIA, Professor, University College Cork
Adrian Dockery, Researcher, TCD
Peter Dockery, Professor, NUI Galway
Éilis Dockry, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Helen Dodson, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Aidan Doherty, Professor, University of Sussex
Brian Dolan, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Liam Dolan FRS, Sherardian Professor of Botany, University of Oxford, ERC Awardee
Ray Dolan FRS, Professor, University College London
Luna Dolezal, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Oliver Dolly, Professor, Dublin City University
John Donegan, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Anthony Donohoe, PhD student, Maynooth University, IRC postgraduate scholarship
Serena Dool, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Greifswald
John Doran, Senior Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Charles Dorman MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Vladimir Dotsenko, Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin
Eilís Dowd, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Paul Dowding, Fellow Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin
Catriona Dowling, Researcher, University of Limerick
Eric Downer, Lecturer, University College Cork
Martin Downes, Professor, Maynooth University
Tim Downing, Lecturer, Dublin City University
Karen Doyle, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Sean Doyle, Associate Professor, Maynooth University
Luke Drury MRIA, Senior Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
David Duffy, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Glen Duggan, PhD Candidate, Trinity College, Dublin
Aisling Dunne, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Margaret Dunne, Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, IRC
Padraic Dunne MIACP, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Padraig Dunne F.Inst.P., Head of School, UCD School of Physics
Lydia Dyck, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Paul Eastham, Naughton Assistant Professor and SFI Starting Investigator, Trinity College Dublin
Robin Edwards, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Sarah Edwards, PhD student, Trinity College Dublin
Guenther Eissner, Professor, University College Dublin, Systems Biology Ireland
Mark Elliott, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Robert Elmes Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Karen English, Postdoctoral Researcher, Maynooth University, SFI SIRG
Sean Ennis, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Carsten Erhardt, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Brian Espey, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Alex Evans, Professor, Dean and Head of UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin
Elisa Fadda, Lecturer of Chemistry, Maynooth University
Andrew Fagan, Associate Professor, St. James’s Hospital / Trinity College Dublin
Steven Fagan, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Liam Fanning, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork & Cork University Hospital
Mario Fares, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Francesca Farina, Researcher, Maynooth University
Jane Farrar, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Eugene Farrell, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Leo Farrell, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Conor Feehily, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork
Claire Fergus, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Jane Ferguson, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
Dirk Fey, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Eric Finch, Associate Professo, Trinity College Dublin
John Findlay, Professor, Maynooth University
Conor Finlay, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
David Finlay, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
David Finn, Professor, NUI Galway
Garret FitzGerald FRS, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Boyle Medallist, SFI St. Patrick’s Day Science Medallist
Katherine Fitzgerald, Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Ross Fitzgerald, Professor, University of Edinburgh
Una Fitzgerald, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes, Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
David Fitzpatrick, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Andrea Flannery, Researcher, NUI Galway
Dane Flannery, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Andrew Flaus, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Karsten Fleischer, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Alastair Fleming, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Jean Fletcher, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Rory Flood, Queen’s University Belfast
Nicole Foley, Researcher, University College Dublin
Niamh Forde, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Tim Foster MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
John Foxe, Professor, Nathan Klein Institute, New York
Niall Foy, Researcher, Pfizer
John Fraher MRIA, Emeritus Professor, University College Cork
Uri Frank, Professor, NUI Galway
Louise Frizzell, Researcher, National University of Ireland, Galway
Sergey Frolov, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Eileen Furlong, Senior Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, ERC Awardee
Denise Gabuzda, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
Michael Cleary Gaffney, Researcher, Maynooth University
James Gahan, Researcher, NUI Galway
Lorna Gallagher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Louise Gallagher MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Peter Gallagher, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
William Gallagher, Professor, University College Dublin
Stephen Galvin, Lecturer, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Alessio Caratti o Garatti, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Hugh Garavan, Associate Professor, University of Vermont
Clair Gardiner, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Stephen Gardiner MRIA, Professor, University College Dublin
Virginie Gautier, Researcher, University College Dublin
Sean Gaynard, Researcher, NUI Galway
Margaret Mc Gee , Lecturer, University College Dublin
Ray Genoe, Researcher, University College Dublin
Joan Geoghegan, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Yordan Georgiev, Professor, Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork
Sarah Gilgunn, Researcher, Dublin City University
Declan Gilheany, Professor, University College Dublin
Michael Gill, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Gary Gillanders, College Lecturer, NUI Galway
Michelle Giltrap, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Sharon Glynn, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Oliviero Gobbo, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Catherine Godson MRIA, Professor, University College Dublin
Martina Gogarty, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Patrick Goodman FInstP, Professor, Dublin Institute of Technology
Stephen Goodwin, Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, University of Oxford
Stephen Gordon, Professor, University College Dublin
Adrienne Gorman, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Kevin Goslin, Researcher, Maynooth University
Patricia Gough, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Emmanuelle Graciet, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Steven Gray, Senior Clinical Scientist, St James’s Hospital & Trinity College Dublin
John Greally, Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Maura Grealy, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Andrew Green, Professor of Medical Genetics, University College Dublin
Catherine Greene, Associate Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Chris Greene, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Derek Greene, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Garrett Greene, Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Muriel Grenon, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Christine Griffin, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Sinead Griffin, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
Éadaoin Griffin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
David Robert Grimes, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford, Maddox Prize 2014
Andrew Grimson, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Martin Grunewald, Professor, University College Dublin
Niamh Mc Guinness , Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Pat Guiry MRIA, Professor, University College Dublin
David Gómez, Research fellow, University College Dublin
Jane Haakonsson, Researcher, Department of Environment Cayman Islands
Jana Haase, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Damien Haberlin, Researcher, University College Cork
Gregg Hallinan, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
Collette Hand, Lecturer, UCC
Killian Hanlon, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, IRC Awardee
Lorraine Hanlon, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
Barbara Hannigan, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Orla Hardiman, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Andrew Harkin, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Judith Harmey, Associate Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Sarah Harney, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Denise Harold, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Louise Harra, Professor, UCL, Sir Arthur Clarke award for space achievement in research, RAS Chapman medal
Shaun Harrigan, Researcher, Maynooth University
Maryann Harris, Researcher, University College Dublin
Brian Harvey MRIA, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Brian Hayden, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of New Brunswick
Christopher Hayes, Researcher, Stokes Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland
Sheri Hayes, Researcher, University of Limerick
Colm Healy, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Evan Healy, PhD Student, Trinity College, Dublin
Kevin Healy, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, School of Natural Sciences, Zoology
Olive Healy PSI, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
James Heffron MRIA, Professor, University College Cork
Stig Hellebust, Postdoctoral researcher, University College Cork
Christian Hellwig European Cell Death Organization member, Postdoctoral Researcher, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Irish Research Council Government of Ireland postdoctoral fellowship
Edel Hennessy, Researcher, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
Carmel Hensey, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
David Henshall, Professor and President of Neuroscience Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Caroline Herron, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Chandralal Hewage IUBMB, Conway Fellow, University College Dublin
Des Higgins MRIA, Professor, University College Dublin
Jens Hillebrand, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Jennifer Hillis, Researcher, National University of Ireland Galway, MMI CTRSP scholarship
John Hinde, Professor and President of the International Biometric Society, NUI Galway
Elodie Hirschenhahn, PhD student, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Trevor Hodkinson, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Andrew Hogan, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Karsten Hokamp, Bioinformatics Research Officer, Trinity College Dublin
Celia Holland MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Richard Holland, Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast
Aidan Holohan, PhD Student, University College Dublin
Aileen Houston, Research Scientist, University College Cork
Jillian Howlin, Researcher, Lund University Cancer Center/ Medicon Village, Sweden
Nengwei Hu, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Natalie Hudson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Linda Hughes, Postdoctoral Researcher, DCU
Mark Hughes, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Stefan Hutzler, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Georgiana Ifrim, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Philip Ilten, Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Jackson, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin, School of Natural Sciences, Zoology
David Jebb, Researcher, University College Dublin
Simon Jeffery, Adjunct Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Elise Jennings, Postdoctoral Researcher, Fermilab & KICP University of Chicago
Emilia Jerman, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Mark Jessopp, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork
Darryl Johnson, Graduate Student, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen
Mark Johnson, Professor, NUI Galway
Daniel Johnston, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Lisa Jones, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dublin City University
Johanna Joyce, Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Balz Kamber, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Sarah Kandrot Irish Geomorphology Group, Researcher, University College Cork
Adam Kane, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, School of Natural Sciences, Zoology
Patrick Kavanagh, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Tuebingen
Tony Kavanagh MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Alison Kay, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Evan Keane, Project Scientist, SKA Organisation, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK
Joseph Keane, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
James Keaveney, Postdoctoral Researcher, FWO, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Pegasus Marie Curie Fellow
Grainne O’ Keeffe, Postdoctoral Researcher, Maynooth University
Stephen Keely, Associate Director, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Dermot Kelleher FMedSci, Professor, Dean Elect, University of British Columbia, Canada
Aine Kelly, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Clare Kelly, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
Daniel L. Kelly, Emeritus Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Gabrielle Kelly, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
John Kelly, Professor, NUI Galway
Simon Kelly, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Tara Kelly, PhD Student, Trinity College Dublin
Vincent Kelly, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
John Kennedy, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Dermot Kenny MD, FACC, FRCPI., Professor, RCSI
Elaine Kenny, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute
Norma Keogh , PhD student, NUI Galway
Bill Keyes, Group Leader, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona
Boris Kholodenko, Professor, University College Dublin
Thomas Kidd, Associate Professor, University of Nevada
Maeve Kiely, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Limerick
Patrick Kiely, Lecturer, University of Limerick
Martin Kilian, Lecturer in Mathematics, University College Cork
Kate Killick, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Paula Kinsella, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Therese Kinsella MRIA, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
Gemma Kinsella , Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Researcher, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA
Walter Kolch, Professor, University College Dublin
Izabela Koryga, Researcher, NUI Galway
Milovan Krnjajic, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Kamila Kwasniewska, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Juan Pablo Labrador, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Robert Lahue, Professor, NUI Galway
Edmund Lalor, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Stephen Lalor, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Mark Lang, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Fiona Lanigan, Researcher, University College Dublin
Ed Lavelle, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Colin Lawton, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Siobhan Leahy, Postdoctoral Researcher, TCD
Donal Leech, Personal Professor, School of Chemistry and Dean, College of Science, NUI Galway
Eoin Lettice, Lecturer, University College Cork
Rupert Levene, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Mark Little, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Rick Livesey, Senior Group Leader, University of Cambridge
Marta Llorens-Agost, Researcher, National University of Ireland, Galway
Vladimir Lobaskin, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Andrea Locatelli, PhD Student, University College of Dublin
Brendan Loftus, Professor, University College Dublin
Christopher Hugh Logue, Associate Professor, Novel and DAngerous Pathogens, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK / USFQ, Ecuador
Susan Logue, Postdoctoral Researcher, NUI Galway
Aideen Long, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
David Long, Early-Career Leverhulme Fellow, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London
Maria Long MCIEEM, Researcher, Independent Ecologist, links withTCD/NUIG
Ann Marie Looney, Researcher, University College Cork
Lorna Lopez, Postdoctoral Researcher, RCSI
Alexander Loudon RSC, Researcher, Trinity College
Kevin Lougheed, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
James Loughman, Professor, Dublin Institute of Technology
Gary Loughran, Research Fellow, University College Cork
Carlos Loureiro, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ulster University, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship
Noel Lowndes, Professor, NUI Galway
Michelle Lowry, Researcher, TCD
Francis Ludlow, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin & Yale University, Irish Research Council “Government of Ireland” Scholar
Olaf Luebben German Physical Society (DPG), Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
James Lunney MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
John Luong, Professor, SFI Walton Fellow, University College Cork
Gerard Lynch, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Kevin Lynch, Researcher, NUIG
Lydia Lynch, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Marina Lynch MRIA, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin
Peter Lynch MRIA, Professor Emeritus, University College Dublin
David Lynn, Associate Professor, Flinders University
Melinda Lyons, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, School of Natural Sciences, Botany
Mike Lyons, Professor, School of Chemistry & CRANN, SFI Principal Investigator
Victoria Lyons, Researcher
Des MacHale, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University College Cork
John MacSharry, Lecturer, University College Cork
Michael Mackey, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Niall Madden, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Elaina Maginn, Postdoctoral Researcher, Imperial College London
Edmond Magner, Professor, University of Limerick
Eleanor Maguire, Professor, University College London
Pierce Maguire IOP, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Nasir Mahmud, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Stephen Mahony, PhD student, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, IRC EMBARK scholarship
Beatrice Malacrida, PhD student, University of Limerick
David Malone, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Paul Malthouse MRIA, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
Rosie Mangan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Rhodes University
Hugh Manning, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Joseph Manning, Lecturer, University College Cork
Fiona Mansergh, Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Celine Marmion, Associate Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Nicola Marples, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Darren Martin, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Kenneth Martin, Researcher, University College Cork
Seamus Martin MRIA, Smurfit Professor of Medical Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Boyle Medallist
Vanesa Gabriela Martinez, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Catarina Marvao, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee, Fulbright
Martin Mathieu MRIA, Reader in Mathematics, Queen’s University Belfast
Mihalis Mathioudakis, Professor, Queen’s University Belfast
Valeria Mattiangeli, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
James McAteer, Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University
Gethin McBean, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Sheila McBreen, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Vincent McBrierty MRIA, Emeritus Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Brian McCabe, Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Paul McCabe, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
John McCaffrey, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Mary McCaffrey, Professor, University College Cork
Malachy McCann MRIA, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Eoin McCarney, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Hannah McCarthy, PhD student, NUI Galway
Justin McCarthy, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
Tommie McCarthy, Professor, University College Cork
Malcolm McClure FGS, MIQA
Aisling McCluskey, Lecturer, NUI Galway
David McConnell MRIA, Emeritus Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Declan McCormack FRSC, FICI, Professor, Dublin Institute of Technology
Grace McCormack, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Claire McCoy, Postdoctoral Researcher, TCD, HRB / Marie Curie Fellowship
Allan McDevitt, Postdoctoral Researcher, Mammal Research Institute, Poland
Colm McDonald, Professor, NUI Galway
Michael McDonald, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Tony McElligott, Researcher, TCD
Jennifer McElwain, Professor, University College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Julie McEnery, co-Director Joint Space Sciences Institute, NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland
Ryan McGarrigle, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Lorraine McGill, Postdoctoral Researcher, UCD
John McGilp MRIA, Professor of Surface & Interface Optics, Trinity College Dublin
Ciara McGlynn, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Enda McGlynn F.Inst.P., Associate Professor, Dublin City University
Gayle McGlynn, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
David McGovern, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, Irish Research Council “Government of Ireland” Scholar
Iggy McGovern, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Kevin McGuigan FInstP, FRSC, DSc, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, DSc
Gary McGuire, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
Marie McIlroy, Lecturer, RCSI
James McInerney FAAM, Professor, Maynooth University
Benjamin McKay, Lecturer, University College Cork
Russell McLaughlin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Declan McLoughlin, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Paul McLoughlin, Professor, University College Dublin
Aoife McLysaght, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Harvey McMahon FRS, Programme leader, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge
Hilary McMahon, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Siobhan McMahon, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Jennifer McManus, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Roisin McManus, Researcher, Tributy College Dublin
Ross McManus, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
David McNamara, Researcher, GNS Science, New Zealand
Ronan McNulty, Professor, University College Dublin
Brian McStay, Professor, NUI Galway, Wellcome Senior Investigator
Denise Mccullagh QRA, PhD Student, Ulster University
Aidan Meade, Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Carlos Medina, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Richard Meehan, Professor, University of Edinburgh
Martin Meere, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Nidhi Mehta, PhD student, Trinity College Dublin
Wim Meijer, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
Mark Mellett, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich
Pauline Mellon, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences, UCD
Rainer Melzer, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Leo Metcalfe IAU, MInstP, EAS, Mission Manager, European Space Agency (ESA)
Sinead Miggin, Lecturer, Maynooth University
George Miley, Professor, Leiden University
Tom Millar MRIA, Professor of Astrophysics and Dean of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast
Ian Miller, Postdoctoral Researcher, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Ryan Milligan, Visiting Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast
Kingston Mills MRIA, Professor of Experimental Immunology, Trinity College Dublin
Richard Milner, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fraser Mitchell, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Jennifer Mitchell, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
K. H. Mok, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Anne Molloy, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Jennifer Molloy, Postdoctoral Researcher, CEA, Grenoble
Claire Molony , Researcher, Dublin city university
Rosemary Monahan, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Priscilla Mooney, Researcher, US National Center for Atmospheric Research
Tom Moore, Professor, University College Cork
Maria Morgan, Senior Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Patrick Moriarty, Adjunct Lecturer, NUI Galway
Derek Morris, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Ciaran Morrison, Professor, NUI Galway
Brian Edward Morton, Researcher, University of Glasgow
Terry Mosely FRAS, President, Irish Astronomical Association, Opik Award, Fitzgerald Medallist
Sinead Moylett, PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin
Paul Moynagh, Professor, Maynooth University
Grace Mulcahy, Professor, University College Dublin
Daragh Mullarkey, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Barry Murphy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Brendan Murphy, Professor, University College Dublin
Carola Murphy, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork
Clodagh Murphy, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Emer Murphy, Researcher, University of Sheffield
Gareth Murphy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
J Anthony Murphy CPhys FInstP, FRAS, MIEEE, Professor, Maynooth University - National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Keith Murphy, Senior Lecturer, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin
Kieran Murphy, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Patrick Murphy PSI, PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin
Sandra Murphy, PhD Student, Maynooth University
Sinead Murphy, Researcher, Maynooth University
Sylvia Murphy, Researcher, University of Limerick
Therese Murphy, Research Fellow, University of Exeter, Narsad Young Investigator grant
Emily Goldstein Murphy , PhD, University College Cork
Alyson Murray, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Deirdre Murray, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
James Murray, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
John Murray Irish, London & American Mathematical Societies, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Sophie Murray, Researcher, Met Office, UK
Fionn Murtagh MRIA, Member Academia Europaea, Professor of Computer Science, De Montfort University and Royal Holloway, University of London
Ken Nally, Lecturer, University College Cork
Argha Nandy, Researcher, National University of Ireland Galway, Hardiman Scholarship
Charles Nash, Professor, NUI Maynooth
Heinz Peter Nasheuer, Professor, NUI Galway
Bahman Nasseroleslami, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Antonella Natta, Honorary Professor, School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Michelle Naughton, PhD candidate, National University of Ireland, Galway
Borislav Naydenov Trsa, Researcher, CRANN, Trinity College Dublin
Una Nealon, Researcher, University College Dublin
Fiona Newell, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Carl Ng, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Lan Nguyen, Research Fellow, Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin
Valeria Nicolosi, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee, PIYRA Awardee
Conor Nixon, Research Space Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Elizabeth Nixon, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Derek Nolan, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Yvonne Nolan, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
Emma Norton, PhD candidate, Trinity College Dublin
Paul Nulty, Postdoctoral Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science
Carol O’Brien, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Ciaran O’Brien, Researcher, University College Cork
Eoin O’Brien, PhD Student, Trinity College Dublin
Conor O’Byrne, Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway
Derek O’Callaghan, Postdoctoral Researcher, VOX-Pol Centre, Dublin City University
Georgia O’Callaghan, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Donal O’Carroll, Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, ERC Awardee
David O’Connell, Lecturer, UCD
Mary O’Connell, Group Leader, Dublin City University
Redmond O’Connell, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC awardee
Darran O’Connor, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin, Co-Director Cancer Biology & Therapeutics Laboratory, St Luke’s Young Investigator Winner
Denjoe O’Connor MRIA, Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
John O’Connor, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin, Conway Silver Medal RAMI
Nessa O’Connor, Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast
Rosemary O’Connor, Professor, University College Cork
Terence O’Connor FSA FZS, Professor, University of York
John O’Doherty, Professor, California Institute of Technology
Diarmuid O’Donoghue, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Colin O’Dowd MRIA, DSc, FInsP, FRMetS, Professor, NUI Galway
Lorraine O’Driscoll, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Colm O’Dwyer, Lecturer, University College Cork
David O’Dwyer, Dr., ASML, Netherlands
Veronica O’Dwyer, Lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology
Anthony G. O’Farrell MRIA, Professor, Maynooth University
Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Vincent O’Flaherty, Professor, NUI Galway
Peadar Ó Gaora, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
James O’Gara, Professor, NUI Galway
Dara O’Halloran, PhD Student, Moyne Institute, Trinity College Dublin
Craig O’Hare, Researcher, University of Dundee
Cahir O’Kane, Group Leader, University of Cambridge
Gerard O’Keefe, Lecturer, University College Cork
Eoin O’Keeffe, Graduate Student, Trinity College Dublin
Richard O’Kennedy MRIA, Professor, Dublin City University
Claire O’Leary, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Manchester
Olivia O’Leary, Lecturer, University College Cork
Patrick O’Leary IACR, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California San Francisco
Diarmuid Ó’Maoiléidigh, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
Shane O’Mara MRIA, FAPS, FTCD, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, Wellcome Senior Investigator
William O’Mullane IAU, Head of Operations Development Division, European Space Agency (ESA) - Science and Robotic Exploration
Cora O’Neill, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
Eimear O’Neill, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Luke O’Neill MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, ERC Awardee, Boyle Medalist
Michael O’Neill, Professor, University College Dublin
Sarah O’Neill, Lecturer, RCSI
Stephen O’Rahilly FRS, Foreign MNAS (USA), Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge
David O’Regan, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Jane O’Reilly, PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin
Brian O’Shaughnessy, Researcher, NUI Galway
Seamus O’Shaughnessy, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Ann O’Shea, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Clodagh O’Shea, Associate Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Donal O’Shea, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Jacinta O’Shea, Researcher, University of Oxford, UK, Royal Society
Créidhe O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Denis O’Sullivan MRIA, Professor Emeritus, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Gerry O’Sullivan MRIA, F.Inst.P, Professor, Physics, UCD
Jeff O’Sullivan, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Mary O’Sullivan, Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
Maureen O’Sullivan, Consultant Pathologist and Clinical Professor, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital
Niamh O’Sullivan, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Bruce Osborne, Professor, University College Dublin
Robert Osburn , Lecturer, University College Dublin
Vikram Pakrashi, Lecturer in Structural Engineering, University College Cork
Dmitri Papkovsky , Professor, University College Cork
Mike Peardon, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Barak Pearlmutter, Professor, National University of Ireland Maynooth, US NSF, SFI
Marcin Penk, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, School of Natural Sciences, Zoology
David Perez-Suarez, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College London
Antoinette Perry, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Maria Pertl, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Jared Peters IQRA, IAS, Researcher, University of Ulster, CAG Starkey-Robinson Award
Andreea Petrasca , Researcher, Trinity college dublin, SFI
James J Phelan, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Petri Piiroinen, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Roisin Pinfield, Researcher, University College Cork
Ron Pinhasi, Associate Professor of Archaeology, University College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Gianluca Pollastri, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Zoë Popper, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Richard Porter, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Aaron Potito, Lecturer, National University of Ireland Galway
Anne Marie Power, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Eileen Power, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, IRC
James Power, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Rajendra Prasath, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork
Jochen Prehn, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Michael Prentice, Professor and Head of Department of Pathology, University College Cork
Barbara Doyle Prestwich, College Lecturer, University College Cork
Elisa Pueschel VERITAS, CTA, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Conor Purcell, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin, SFI grant
Finn Purcell-Milton, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Emma Quinn, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
John Quinn, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Marek Radomski, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Mark Rae, Lecturer, University College Cork
Alexander Rahm, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Mani Ramaswami MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Jens Rauch, Research Fellow, University College Dublin
Mathilde Raverdeau, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Tom Ray MRIA, FRAS, Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Stephen Rea, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Matt Redman, Director, Centre for Astronomy, NUI Galway
Thomas Reed, Lecturer, University College Cork, ERC Awardee
John Regan, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki
Tim Regan , Postdoctoral Researcher, UofE
Markus Rehm Academy of the European Cell Death Organisation, Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Horizon 2020 MEL-PLEX ITN coordinator
Neil Reid, Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Queen’s University Belfast
Mairead Reidy, Postdoctoral Researcher, NUI, Galway
Richard Reilly MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
William Reville, Emeritus Professor, University College Cork
Ian Richardson, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Sam Roberson, Quaternary Geologist, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
Oliver Roberts, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Ian Robertson MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Mark Robinson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Manuel Yusef Robles, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Joseph Roche, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Michelle Roche, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Richard Roche, Assistant Professor, Maynooth University
Jenny Ronan, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University
William Ronan, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge
Sharon Rourke, Researcher, Maynooth University
John Rouse, Professor, University of Dundee
Michael Rowan, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Justine Rudkin, Postdoctoral researcher, NUIG
Ronald Russel , Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Anthony Ryan, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Colm Ryan, Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, University College Dublin
Elizabeth Ryan, Senior Research Fellow, University College Dublin
Karen Ryan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Patrick Ryan, PhD Student, Trinity College Dublin
Ray Ryan, Professor, NUI Galway
Sinead Ryan, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Sinéad Ryan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Tomás Ryan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Attila Salamon, PhD student, University College Dublin
Afshin Samali, Professor, NUI Galway
Corrado Santocanale, Professor of Molecular Medicine, NUI Galway
Maria Santos-Martinez, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Astrid Sasse, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Laura Luque Sastre , PhD student, University College Dublin
Amro Satti, Project Manager, Leitat Technological Center
David Scanlon, Lecturer, University College London and Diamond Light Source
Michel Schellekens, Professor, University College Cork
Gerhard Schlosser, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Martina Schroeder, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Gill Scott, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Eamon Scullion, ICR postdoctoral researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Ricardo Segurado, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Aswin Sekhar, Researcher, Armagh Observatory
Cathal Seoighe, Professor, NUI Galway
Samson Shatashvili MRIA, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, RIA Gold Medallist
Andrew Shearer, Professor, NUI Galway
David Sheehan, Professor, University College Cork
Helen Sheridan, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Kevin Sheridan, Researcher, Maynooth University
Denis Shields, Professor, University College Dublin
Brian Shortt, Applied Physicist, European Space Agency
Peter Shum, Researcher, University of Salford
Bruno Simoes, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Natural History Museum, London
Stefan Sint, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin, School of Mathematics
Jon-Ivar Skullerud, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Anthony Small, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Stephen J. Smartt, Professor and Director of the Astrophysics Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast
Amelia Smith, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Christopher Smith MInstP, Experimental Officer, Trinity College Dublin School of Physics
Owen Smith, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Sinead Smith, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Stephen Smith, Associate Professor, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences
Albert Smolenski, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Emma Sokell Institute of Physics, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Giulio Solferino, Lecturer, University College Cork
Tewfik Soulimane, Professor, University of Limerick
Charles Spillane, Professor of Plant Science, NUI Galway
Kevin Stacey, Researcher, MCCIR, University of Manchester
John Stalker, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Raymond Stallings, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, NIH RO1
Alice Stanton FRCPI, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Martin Steer MRIA, FRMS, Professor Emeritus, UCD
Bettina Stefanini, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Nigel Stevenson, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Darragh Stewart, Researcher, TCD
Gavin Stewart, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Jane Stout, Senior Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
Gundula Streubel, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Aideen Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
James Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Matthias Tacke, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Cormac Taylor MRIA, Professor, University College Dublin
Emma Teeling, Professor, University College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Warren Thomas, Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Perdana University, Malaysia
Bennett Thomson, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Stephen Thorpe, Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen Mary University of London, Marie Curie Fellow
Benjamin Thébaudeau IQUA, Postdoctoral Researcher, Maynooth University, IRC EPS awardee
Patrick Timmons, Trinity College
Richard Timoney, Professor of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin
Samuel Torsney, PhD Student, Trinity College Dublin
Andre Toulouse, College Lecturer, UCC
Daniela Tropea, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Michael Tuite, Professor, NUI Galway
Mohit Tunwal, Researcher, University College Cork
Trevor Tyson, Research Scientist, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Valerie URBACH, Researcher, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Tobias Ulbricht, Postdoctoral Researcher, NUI Galway
Alexey Uliyanov, Researcher, University College Dublin
Alice Vajda, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Ankit Verma IGGY, PhD student, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity award + FEMS PhD award + J.N. TATA scholarship
Stella Vlachou, Assistant Professor, Dublin City University
Yuri Volkov, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Chelly van Vuuren, Researcher, NUI Galway
Joseph Várilly, Professor, University of Costa Rica
John Waddington MRIA, Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Siobhan Wade, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Charles Malcolm Walmsley, Honorary Professor, School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Aron Walsh, Professor, University of Bath, ERC Awardee
Colum Walsh, Professor, NUI Galway
Fiona Walsh, Lecturer, Maynooth University
Michael Walsh, Lecturer, University of Limerick
Naomi Walsh, Researcher, Dublin City University
Vincent Walsh, Professor, ICN, UCL
Brian Ward, Lecturer, NUI Galway
Ash Watson Neuroscience Ireland, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, IRC postgraduate awardee
Darach Watson, Associate Professor, Unviersity of Copenhagen, Lundbeck Prize Laureate
Graeme Watson, Professor, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin
William Watson, Associate Professor, University College Dublin
Paul Watts, Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Denis Weaire MRIA, FRS, Professor, Trinity College Dublin, RIA Cunningham Medallist
Frank Wellmer, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
John Wenger, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University College Cork
Antony Wheatley, Professor, NUI Galway
Andy Wheeler, Professor, University College Cork
Emma Whelan IAU, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Marie Curie Fellow
Ken Whelan FIFM, Adjunct Professor, Uinversity College Dublin,School Biol. and Envir. Sci.
Robert Whelan, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Sarah Whelan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, HRB
Jenny Whilde, PhD, Trinity College, Dublin
Nicki Whitehouse FRSA; FRES, Associate Professor, University of Plymouth; Queen’s University Belfast, ERC Awardee, AHRC (funding an Irish project)
Mike Whitfield, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
David Williams, Lecturer, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London
Charlotte Wilson, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Jean Wilson, Postdoctoral Researcher, EPA funded Research Fellow - Trinity College Dublin
Alice Witney, Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Kenneth Wolfe MRIA, Professor, University College Dublin, ERC Awardee
Katherine Woods asi , Postdoctoral Researcher, Olivia Newton John cancer research institute
David Wraith, Senior Lecturer, Maynooth University
Michael Wride FHEA (UK), Assistant Professor, School of Natural Science, Trinity College Dublin
Gerry Wrixon MRIA, FREng, Professor and Chairman School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Irena Yanushevskaya, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Jon Yearsley, Lecturer, University College Dublin
Conor Young, Researcher, TCD
Paul Young, College Lecturer, University College Cork
Dominic Zerulla FInstP, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin
Jesko Zimmermann, Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin
Daniela Zisterer, Professor, Trinity College Dublin
Giuseppe Zurlo, Lecturer, NUI Galway
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