UCC STEM Academics Appointed to Royal Irish Academy Committees

9 May 2022

Congratulations to the College of Science Engineering and Food Science academics who have recently been appointed to a number of Royal Irish Academy expert committees.

• Dr Fidelma Butler, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee.
• Dr Ger McGlacken, School of Chemistry - Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee 
• Dr Anne Moore, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Life and Medical Sciences Committee.
• Dr Marguerite Nyhan, School of Engineering and Architecture - Engineering and Computer Science Committee.

The Royal Irish Academy committees build public engagement and understanding of the Sciences, humanities and social sciences. In 2014 the Academy established ten Multidisciplinary committees. The committees aim to promote co-operation across and within relevant scholarly disciplines and to advise Academy engagement in these areas.

The committees exist to provide scientific and scholarly expertise and to promote the value of the sciences, humanities and social sciences. They do this through their programme of work combining public engagement events, expert statements, responding to Government consultations and working with relevant international unions. The work is undertaken from a multidisciplinary perspective with collaboration on projects across committees.