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News 2022
Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Ruth Massey
27 Oct 2022
We were delighted to welcome the return of the College of Science, Engineering and Fdoo FS Inaugural Professorial Lecture series for 2022/2023. The first academic featured was Professor Ruth Massey SALI Professor for Microbiome and Health Sciences at UCC who delivered a lecture entitled: “The art of not taking 'NO' for an answer: The microbial endeavours of a female professor”.
Ruth Massey has a B.A. (mod) in Natural Sciences and a Ph.D in Molecular Microbiology both awarded by Trinity College Dublin. Upon completion of her Ph.D. she moved to the UK where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at both the Universities of Oxford and Bath, and it was in the laboratory of Sharon Peacock in Oxford where her interest in Gram positive bacterial pathogen began.
Ruth’s first independent position was in the Zoology Dept. of the University of Oxford, where Wellcome Trust funding allowed her to set up her first lab, which subsequently moved to Bath in 2007.
In 2017 Ruth moved to the University of Bristol and in 2019 was awarded a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award and promoted to Professor of Microbial Pathogenicity. In 2021 Ruth became the SALI Professor for Microbiome and Health Sciences at UCC affiliated with both the Schools of Microbiology and Medicine, and is an APC Principal Investigator.
In addition to her academic interests in microbial pathogenicity, Ruth is a scientific consultant and shareholder of a biotech company Microgenetics Ltd., and using their patented technology they are developing a diagnostic testing service for use in both agricultural and pharmaceutical settings. She is a mother to three children and two dogs and a passionate rugby coach.