UCC’s Research Awards programme for 2019, sponsored by Gilead Sciences Ireland UC, recognised researchers at University College Cork who have made exceptional and influential research contributions.
On October 10th, these researchers were honoured at the ceremony, held at the University’s Aula Maxima, for pushing boundaries, enhancing knowledge and raising the international profile of University College Cork.
The 2019 UCC Research award winners were:
Research Award
Awardee
Best publication of the Year involving an Undergraduate Student as an Author
Cormac McCarthy – Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science
Matt Nagle – School of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science
Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research
Darren Dahly – School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health
Early Stage Researcher of the Year
Dr Carol Kelleher – Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business and Law
Dr Farzan Gity – Nanoelectric Materials and Devices, Tyndall National Institute
Open Researcher of the Year
Dr Clíona O’Carroll – Béaloideas/Folklore and Cork Folklore Project, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
Research Communicator of the Year
Dr Conor O’Mahony – School of Law, College of Business and Law
Research Supervisor of the Year
Dr Mary O’Shaughnessy – CUBS, College of Business and Law
Dr Gerard O’Keeffe – Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Health
Research Support Person of the Year
Tomás Mac Conmara – Cork Folklore Project, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
Hugh Smiddy – Tyndall National Institute
Research Team of the Year
Dr Órla O’Donovan representing the Living Well with the Dead in Contemporary Ireland Team – College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences and College of Medicine and Health
Researcher of the Year
Professor Griffith Rollefson – School of Music, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
Career Achievement Research Award
Professor Eugene Freuder – School of Computer Science and IT, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science