Awards and Prizes in 2018/2019
Appointment to the Council of State Dr Mary Murphy
The International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans Early Career Scientist Medal Dr Gerard McCarthy
Dr Mary Murphy, Department of Sociology
Dr Mary Murphy was appointment by President Michael D Higgins to the Council of State. She was presented with a warrant of appointment as an incoming Member of the Council of State by President Michael D Higgins at an official event in Áras an Uachtaráin. Dr Murphy, a senior lecturer in Irish Politics and Society in the Maynooth University Department of Sociology, was among the seven new appointees to the consultation body of the President, which was established under the Constitution.
Dr Gerard McCarthy, Department of Geography, and Professor Philip Nolan, President of Maynooth University Dr Gerard McCarthy of the Icarus Climate Research Centre and Department of Geography was awarded the prestigious Early Career Scientist medal by the International Association for the Physical Science of the Oceans. The IAPSO Early Career Scientist Medal honours Early Career Scientists for their outstanding research in the physical or chemical sciences of the oceans, and for their cooperation in international research. In December 2018, funding of €2 million for a major project led by Dr McCarthy on Atlantic climate change was announced by the Marine Institute and the European Regional Development Fund. The Atlantic climate change project funded by the Marine Institute and the European Regional Development Fund will bring the field of ‘decadal climate prediction’ to Ireland. This emerging field will lead to improved estimates of the future climate over the period of a decade by using the predictability of the ocean. The International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO) is one of eight associations of the International Association of Geodysey and Geophysics, which is part of the International Council for Science.
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