Olga Lastovetsky
BSc 2011
Olga Lastovetsky
In 2019, Dr Olga Lastovestky was a finalist in the 2019 L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science UK & Ireland Fellowship A...
Science Finding the Answers
Stephen O’Rahilly
MB BCh BAO 1981
Stephen O’Rahilly
In June 2019, Professor Stephen O’Rahilly won the Banting Prize, the American Diabetes Association’s highest honour,...
John Boland
BSc 1979
John Boland
Professor John Boland was awarded Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year 2018. The award recognises a signifi...
Ronan Mullins
MVB 2011
Ronan Mullins
In February 2019, Ronan Mullins became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons. In the last twelve mo...
Sofia Softas-Nall
MPsychSc 2018
Sofia Softas-Nall
Singer, songwriter and counsellor-in-training, multi-tasking Sofia Softas-Nall received the 2019 International Psi Chi R...
Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim
BMedSc 1995, MB BCh BAO 1997
Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim
Professor Datin Dr Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award from the UCD Medical Graduates...
Michael Redmond
MBA 2000
Michael Redmond
Dr Michael Redmond, a senior investigator at the National Eye Institute in the US, is one of a group of scientists who w...
Alison Holmes
BSc 2008, MSc 2010
Alison Holmes
Alison Holmes, clinical physiotherapist, was recently the recipient of a Nuffield Farming Scholarship which will enable...
Gerald Fleming
BSc 1978, MSc 1981
Gerald Fleming
Gerald Fleming was awarded the 2019 Silver Medal from the European Meteorological Society. This award recognises Fleming...
Rob Gandola
BSc 2003
Rob Gandola
Senior scientist for the Herpetological Society of Ireland, Rob Gandola’s research focuses on reptiles and amphibians,...
Olga Lastovetsky
BSc 2011
In 2019, Dr Olga Lastovestky was a finalist in the 2019 L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science UK & Ireland Fellowship Awards Programme, which offers fellowships to women pursuing research careers. Dr Lastovestky’s research is based in the School of Biology and Environmental Science at UCD. Her PhD thesis (undertaken at Cornell University in New York) was on the molecular interactions between fungi and bacteria.
Stephen O’Rahilly
MB BCh BAO 1981
In June 2019, Professor Stephen O’Rahilly won the Banting Prize, the American Diabetes Association’s highest honour, for his work on the causes of obesity and Type 2 diabetes – including discovering the obesity gene that affects children and identifying numerous genes important in metabolic function and dysfunction. He was previously awarded the Ulysses Medal from UCD, the highest honour the University can bestow.
John Boland
BSc 1979
Professor John Boland was awarded Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year 2018. The award recognises a significant contribution to the Irish research community in the year of the award and over the winner’s entire career. Professor Boland, a nanoscale materials and systems expert, was given the award for a new insight into the building blocks of copper. Professor Boland is also Ireland’s first Advanced ERC grant awardee in the physical sciences.
Ronan Mullins
MVB 2011
In February 2019, Ronan Mullins became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons. In the last twelve months, he also won the Association of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgeons Professor Peter Holt Award for the best written abstract submitted to a meeting of the AVSTS, BSAVA or ECVS and the ECVS Resident Award for Best Small Animal Soft Tissue Presentation. Mullins is currently lecturing in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine.
Sofia Softas-Nall
MPsychSc 2018
Singer, songwriter and counsellor-in-training, multi-tasking Sofia Softas-Nall received the 2019 International Psi Chi Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Regional Research Award for research on the experiences of Irish students with a chronic mental or physical illness pursuing further education. Recently graduated with a masters from UCD, she is now a graduate student at the University of Northern Colorado.
Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim
BMedSc 1995, MB BCh BAO 1997
Professor Datin Dr Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award from the UCD Medical Graduates Association for her research into movement disorder in Parkinson’s disease. Professor and senior consultant neurologist at UKM Medical Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Professor Ibrahim is medical advisor to the Malaysia Parkinson’s Disease Association and has received many awards in Malaysia.
Michael Redmond
MBA 2000
Dr Michael Redmond, a senior investigator at the National Eye Institute in the US, is one of a group of scientists who won the 2018 Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award for foundational science discoveries about the molecular biology of the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye. The team was awarded the €1m prize for developing a gene therapy cure for a rare genetic form of childhood blindness, which could impact the lives of many.
Alison Holmes
BSc 2008, MSc 2010
Alison Holmes, clinical physiotherapist, was recently the recipient of a Nuffield Farming Scholarship which will enable her to pursue agricultural studies while also working as a physiotherapy tutor at the University of Limerick. Her scholarship will be used to promote the role of continuing professional development and education in farming. Holmes, who helps run her family’s dairy farm, is an active member of Macra na Feirme and physiotherapist for Kilkenny GAA.
Gerald Fleming
BSc 1978, MSc 1981
Gerald Fleming was awarded the 2019 Silver Medal from the European Meteorological Society. This award recognises Fleming’s outstanding contribution to the communication of meteorological information through enhancing the public understanding of meteorological services, as well as strengthening and fostering expertise in broadcast meteorology. Until 2017, he was head of forecasting at RTÉ.
Rob Gandola
BSc 2003
Senior scientist for the Herpetological Society of Ireland, Rob Gandola’s research focuses on reptiles and amphibians, both tropical and native Irish species. During the last year, his contributions to television and radio have raised awareness for the Dublin Bay Biosphere Partnership and the Herpetological Society. Most recently, he joined UCD’s Area 52 lab group as a PhD student. He is also senior herpetologist at a field site in Madagascar.