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CR E AT I NG VA LU E FROM K NOW L EDGE

Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ARCHIVES

Diarmaid is one of Ireland’s leading
historians and a thought leader in
contextualising the social, political
and cultural landscape of twentiethcentury Ireland.

Professor
Dolores O’Riordan

UCD Academics

U N I VE R SI T Y CO L L EG E DU B L I N

S C H O O L O F A G R I C U LT U R E
AND FOOD SCIENCE

Dolores is an award winning innovator in
the food sector who interfaces between
academic research and industry with the
aim to increase competitiveness for the
Irish Food Industry.

Professor Martin Albrecht
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND
CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Martin is the only researcher in Ireland to
have received three prestigious European
Research Council (ERC) grants, including
his most recent €2m ERC Consolidator
Grant for the development of a new
catalytic system.

Professor
Debra Laefer
SCHOOL OF CIVIL, STRUCTURAL
A N D E N V I R O N M E N TA L R E S E A R C H

Debra is a recipient of a European
Research Council (ERC) starting grant.
Her research, Rethinking Tunnelling in
Urban Neighbourhoods (RETURN), looks
at reducing the damage to buildings
caused by tunnelling and how to help
to preserve Europe’s cultural heritage.
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