Membership Academic Council
This is the Academic Council Membership list per categories of membership as stated in the Principal statute – Queries to a.nineill@ucc.ie
Last updated 07-11-2025
See Principal Statute here
President |
| Professor John O’Halloran |
Deputy President and Registrar |
| Professor Stephen Byrne |
Professors and Professors (Scale 2)
Member |
| Professor Fred Adam |
| Professor Finbarr Allen |
| Professor Graham Allen |
| Professor Olufemi Amao |
| Professor Stefan Andersson-Engels |
| Professor Elke Arendt |
| Professor Ella Arensman |
| Professor Pavel Baranov |
| Professor Aisling Barry |
| Professor Conor Barry |
| Professor Paul Brady |
| Professor Tom Birkett |
| Professor Ciara Breathnach |
| Professor Mathias Beck |
| Professor Deirdre Bennett |
| Professor Joe Bogue |
| Professor Yvon Bonenfant |
| Professor Jane Bourke |
| Professor Geraldine Boylan |
| Professor Vittorio Bufacchi |
| Professor Helena Buffery |
| Professor Kenneth Brown |
| Professor Melissa Hanna-Brown |
| Professor John Patrick Browne |
| Professor Frank Buckley |
| Professor Louise Burke |
| Professor Thomas Butler |
| Professor Edmund Byrne |
| Professor Maria Cahill |
| Professor Paul Callanan |
| Professor Padraig Cantillon-Murphy |
| Professor Noel Caplice |
| Professor Ronan Carbery |
| Professor John Carey |
| Professor Michelle Carr |
| Professor Kevin D. Cashman |
| Professor Fiona Chambers |
| Professor Luigina Ciolfi |
| Professor David Clarke |
| Professor Gerard Clarke |
| Professor Claire Connolly |
| Professor Roisin Connolly |
| Professor Nicola Cornally |
| Professor Andrew Cottey |
| Professor Abina Crean |
| Professor Frank Crowley |
| Professor Louise Crowley |
| Professor John Cryan |
| Professor Sarah Culloty |
| Professor Aoife Daly |
| Professor Hannah Daly |
| Professor James Davis |
| Professor Oliver Davis |
| Professor Seamus Davis |
| Professor Conor Deasy |
| Professor Eugene Dempsey |
| Professor Alan Dobson |
| Professor Samantha Dockray |
| Professor Mary Donnelly |
| Professor Brendan Dooley |
| Professor Lawrence Dooley |
| Professor Justin Doran |
| Professor Eleanor Doyle |
| Professor Liam Fanning |
| Professor Adrian Favell |
| Professor Joe Feller |
| Professor Nuala Finnegan |
| Professor Des Fitzgerald |
| Professor Tony Foley |
| Professor Pauline Frizelle |
| Professor Cormac Gahan |
| Professor Thomas N. Garavan |
| Professor Jools Gilson |
| Professor Subrata Ghosh |
| Professor Jack Gleeson |
| Professor Stephen Graham |
| Professor Brendan Griffin |
| Professor Mairead Harding |
| Professor Janas Harrington |
| Professor Colin Hawkes |
| Professor Martina Hayes |
| Professor Ciara Heavin |
| Professor Dominic Hegarty |
| Professor Josephine Hegarty |
| Professor Thia Hennessy |
| Professor Leonie Heskin |
| Professor John R. Higgins |
| Professor Colin Hill |
| Professor Justin Holmes |
| Professor Deirdre Horgan |
| Professor Martin Howard |
| Professor Paul Hurley |
| Professor Niall Hyland |
| Professor Mark Hutchinson |
| Professor J.Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez |
| Professor Nicola Ingram |
| Professor Marcel Jansen |
| Professor Lee Jenkins |
| Professor Declan Jordan |
| Professor James Kapalo |
| Professor Ali Khashan |
| Professor Patricia Kearney |
| Professor Elizabeth Kiely |
| Professor Alan Kelly |
| Professor David Kerins |
| Professor Joseph Kerry |
| Professor Kieran Keohane |
| Professor Mairead Kiely |
| Professor Ursula Kilkelly |
| Professor Gerard Killeen |
| Professor Antony M. Knights |
| Professor Sarah Kittel-Schneider |
| Professor Marietta lacucci |
| Professor Aonghus Lavelle |
| Professor Thomas Lawton |
| Professor Patricia Leahy Warren |
| Professor Gerry Lee |
| Professor Elaine Lehane |
| Professor Gordon Lightbody |
| Professor Christopher Lynch |
| Professor Orla Lynch |
| Professor Carol Linehan |
| Professor Laura Lundy |
| Professor Deirdre Madden |
| Professor Anita Maguire |
| Professor Michael Maher |
| Professor Jennifer Mahony |
| Professor Liam Marnane |
| Professor Ruth Massey |
| Professor Elena Matsa |
| Professor Rob McAllen |
| Professor Laura McAtackney |
| Professor Mary McCaffrey |
| Professor Fergus Mccarthy |
| Professor Justin McCarthy |
| Professor Mary McCarthy |
| Professor Olive Mccarthy |
| Professor Tommie V. McCarthy |
| Professor Alix McCollam |
| Professor Christopher McCusker |
| Professor Anthony McDonnell |
| Professor Mark McEntee |
| Professor Gerard McGlacken |
| Professor Margaret McGrath |
| Professor John G. McInerney |
| Professor Owen McIntyre |
| Professor Maria McNamara |
| Professor Paul McSweeney |
| Professor Joseph McVeigh |
| Professor John Mee |
| Professor Declan Millett |
| Professor Anne Moore |
| Professor Eric Moore |
| Professor John Morrissey |
| Professor John Morrison |
| Professor Mark Mulcahy |
| Professor Nicole Müller |
| Professor Jerry D.G. Murphy |
| Professor Deirdre Murray |
| Professor Kevin Murray |
| Professor Wan Fai Ng |
| Professor Caitríona Ní Dhúill |
| Professor Richeal Ní Riordáin |
| Professor Yvonne Nolan |
| Professor Brian O Gallachoir |
| Professor Padraig O Machain |
| Professor Patrick O'Callaghan |
| Professor Cathal O’Connell |
| Professor Vincent O’Connell |
| Professor Rosemary O’Connor |
| Professor Keelin O’Donoghue |
| Professor Colm O'Dwyer |
| Professor Ken O’Halloran |
| Professor Gerard O’Keeffe |
| Professor Olivia O'Leary |
| Professor Paula O’Leary |
| Professor Jorge Oliveira |
| Professor Conor O’Mahony |
| Professor Denis O’Mahony |
| Professor Liam O’Mahony |
| Professor Siobhain O'Mahony |
| Professor Cian O’Mathuna |
| Professor Noreen O'Meara |
| Professor Maggie O’Neill |
| Professor Eoin O’Reilly |
| Professor Phillip O’Reilly |
| Professor Mary O'Shaughnessy |
| Professor Barry O’Sullivan |
| Professor Finbarr O’Sullivan |
| Professor Niall O’Sullivan |
| Professor Philip O'Reilly |
| Professor Paul O’Toole |
| Professor Emanuel Popovici |
| Professor Kiri Paramore |
| Professor Peter J Parbrook |
| Professor Dirk H J Pesch |
| Professor Frank Peters |
| Professor Gregory Provan |
| Professor Dimitra Psychogiou |
| Professor John Quinn |
| Professor Ruth Ramsay |
| Professor Laura Rascaroli |
| Professor H. Paul Redmond |
| Professor Theresa Reidy |
| Professor Nabeel Riza |
| Professor Anthony Roberts |
| Professor Utz Roedig |
| Professor Emer Rogan |
| Professor J Griffith Rollefson |
| Professor Don Ross |
| Professor Paul Ross |
| Professor Silvia Ross |
| Professor Andy Ruth |
| Professor Áine Ryall |
| Professor David Ryan |
| Professor Geraldine Ryan |
| Professor Dave Sammon |
| Professor Laura Sahm |
| Professor William Scanlon |
| Professor Martin Schellekens |
| Professor Frances Shiely |
| Professor Patrick Sheahan |
| Professor Andrey Shkoporov |
| Professor Edward Shinnick |
| Professor Cormac J. Sreenan |
| Professor Patrick Stapelton |
| Professor Jonathan Stock |
| Professor Aideen Sullivan |
| Professor Maria de Sousa Gallagher |
| Professor John Mark Tangney |
| Professor Suzanne Timmons |
| Professor Paul Townsend |
| Professor Douwe Van Sinderen |
| Professor Christian Waeber |
| Professor Emma Wallace |
| Professor Brian Walsh |
| Professor Jens Walter |
| Professor John Wenger |
| Professor Helen Whelton |
| Professor Andy Wheeler |
| Professor Eleanor Bantry White |
| Professor Fidelma White |
| Professor Astrid Wingler |
| Professor Sebastian Wieczorek |
Deans of Faculties (Non Professorial) |
Heads of Departments/Schools /Discipline/Unit (Non Professorial) |
Members |
| Dr Kieran Mulchrone |
| Dr Griffin Murray Archaeology |
| Dr Humphrey Moynihan |
| Dr David Woods |
| Dr Tom Boland |
| Dr Órla Murphy |
| Dr Ciara Chambers |
| Dr Ciarán Ó Gealbháin |
| Dr Seamus O'Reilly |
| Dr Rachel MagShamhráin |
| Dr Daragh O'Connell |
| Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll |
| Dr Flavio Boggi |
| Dr Louise Gibson |
| Dr Fiona Cawkwell |
| Dr Kevin Hayes |
| Dr Jeffery Weeter |
| Dr William Sjostrom |
| Dr Amanullah De Sondy |
| Dr Kieran Hickey |
| Dr Eric Wolsztynski |
| Dr John Godfrey Head of School of Film, Music and Theatre |
| TBC |
6 Non Professorial Members from each College
Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences |
| Dr Kevin Cawley |
| Dr Gertrude Cotter |
| Dr Laurence Davis |
| Dr Yanyu Guo |
| Dr Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin |
| Dr James O’Sullivan |
Business and Law |
| Mr Daniel Blackshields |
| Dr Oliver Brown |
| Dr Claire Murray |
| Dr Ber Power |
| Dr Lana Repar |
| Dr Brian Turner |
Science, Engineering and Food Science |
| Dr Barbara Doyle |
| Dr Deirdre Hennessy |
| Dr Susan Joyce |
| Dr Alice Lucey |
| Dr Andreas Ruschhaupt |
| Dr Gavin Russell |
Medicine and Health |
| Dr Teresa Barbosa |
| Dr Louise Collins |
| Dr Aoife Fleming |
| Dr Aislinn Joy |
| Dr Brendan Noonan |
| Dr Tim O’Sullivan |
Chief Financial & Operating Officer |
| Mr Rory Condon (On Leave) |
Corporate Secretary |
| Ms Nora Geary |
Academic Secretary |
| Mr Paul O'Donovan |
Librarian |
| Ms Liz Jolly |
Heads of College (non Professorial) |
| Nil |
Head of Student Experience |
| Mr Paul Moriarty |
Director of Library Services |
| To be confirmed |
Dean of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies |
| Professor Nuala Finnegan |
Dean of Doctoral Studies |
| Professor Orla Lynch |
Chair of the Mitigation Committee |
| Dr Dave Otway |
Chair of the Examination Appeals Committee |
| Dr Alan Morrison |
Director of Strategic Planning & Institutional Research |
| Dr Ronan O Dubhghaill |
Director of Information Technology |
| Dr Ger Culley |
Chairs of the Academic Council Committees and Sub Committees |
| Academic Development and Standards Committee (ADSC): Professor Liam Marnane |
| AC Learning & Teaching Committee (ACL&T): Professor Olive McCarthy |
| AC Graduate Studies Commtitee (ACGSC): Dr Fatima Gunning |
| AC Research & Innovation Committee (ACRIC): Professor Luigi Ciolfi |
Director of Adult Continuing Education |
| Dr Seamus Ó Tuama |
Director of Quality Enhancement Unit |
| Ms Elizabeth Noonan |
Examination Appeals Officer |
| Dr Aileen Burton |
Student Advisor and Ombudsman |
| Dr Daniel Blackshields and Dr Maria Dempsey |
Two representatives of the research community |
| Dr Mark Jessopp |
| Dr Andrei Temko |
Students Union |
| Mr Alex Angland, SU President |
| Ms Anna Hrabovska, SU Education Officer |
| Ms Fergal Crowley, SU Welfare Officer |
| Mr. Shah Kamal, Postgraduate Officer |
Two Undergraduate Students per CollegeArts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences |
| Ms Sara Lovett |
| TBC |
Two Undergraduate Students per CollegeScience, Engineering and Food Science |
| Ms Amina Baig |
| Ms Anna Clare O'Flynn |
Two Undergraduate Students per CollegeBusiness and Law |
| Ms Cornelia Hauch Skovmand |
| Mr Liam Coffey |
Two Undergraduate Students per CollegeMedicine and Health |
| TBC |
| Mr Kacper Bogalecki |
Two Postgraduate Students per CollegeArts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences |
| TBC |
| TBC |
Two Postgraduate Students per CollegeCollege Business and Law |
| Ms Sara Perrotta |
| Ms Chidindu Ukah |
Two Postgraduate Students per CollegeScience, Engineering and Food Science |
| Ms Malavika Nair Kelamangalath |
| Mr Sudhanshu Deshpande |
Two Postgraduate Students per CollegeMedicine and Health |
| TBC |
| TBC |
Members co-oped by Academic Council |
| Dr Jennifer Murphy, President’s Office |
| Dr Avril Hutch, Director of the Equality Diversity & Inclusion Unit |
| Mr John McNulty, Director of Academic Affairs |
| Dr Catherine O’Mahony, CIRTL |
| Dr Jean Van Sinderen-Law, Director of European Relations and Public Affairs |
Panel of under-represented staff |
| Dr Jenny Butler, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Marica Cassarino, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Miranda Corcoran, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Niall Duggan, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Evelien Geerts, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Ryan Goulding, College of Medicine & Health |
| Mr Richard Harris, College of Business & Law |
| Dr Amin Sharifi Isaloo, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Ndemazea Asonglefack (Asong) Jingwa, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Carol Kelleher, College of Business & Law |
| Dr Mary Kelly, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Sanaa Khabbar, Office of VP for Learning & Teaching |
| Dr Mairin MacCarron, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Jatin Nagpal, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Rabia Naqvi, College of Science, Engineering & Food Science |
| Dr Aine O'Donovan, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Dervla O'Malley, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Monica O'Mullane, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Stephen Onakuse, College of Business & Law |
| Dr Emma O'Shea, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Sinead Pierce, Office of VP for Learning & Teaching |
| Dr Mary Anne Ryan, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Mohamad Saab, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Tracey Skillington, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Maura Smiddy, College of Medicine & Health |
| Dr Margot Spencer, College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences |
| Dr Juan E. Trujillo Wurttele, College of Medicine & Health |