Nicola is graduate of Kevin St. (Dip. In Electrical Eng.) and D.C.U. ( B.Sc. in Information Technology) She started her career in Silicon Valley working for a Semiconductor multi-national . She then returned to Ireland working various positions in the Semi-Conductor industry . She has much... > Read more

Dr Norah Patten is a Scientist-Astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM and is the founder of Planet Zebunar; a start-up company in Ireland which is driven to inspire the next generation of engineers, astronauts and scientists. In 2016, Norah participated in the New Frontiers Entrepreneur... > Read more

Dr Rebecca O'Neill is the Project Coordinator for Wikimedia Community Ireland. A large portion of her work focuses on improving and strengthening the representation of women on Wikipedia. Having worked in the Natural History Museum for a number of years, she has a particular interest in the... > Read more

Fatemeh is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin, in June 2018, which was funded by Science Foundation Ireland. Her current research focus is on developing AI-based algorithms to... > Read more

Dr Veronica Sofianos is an Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow) at the University College Dublin. Veronica has a BSc in Materials Science, a MSc in Materials Science and Technology and a PhD in Chemistry. She has been in academic teaching and research positions in Chemistry, Physics and most... > Read more

Laura is a PhD student in Trinity College Dublin studying the first stellar explosions and their progenitors as an awardee of the IRC postgraduate research award. Laura is also and a member of the Executive Committee of WITS. A Naughton scholar and graduate of TCD in Physics and Astrophysics,... > Read more

Mary Carroll is a Business Strategist and Coach, who started her career in design engineering and has held management consulting and senior management roles in engineering and business development. Mary is a former WITS Chair and has also worked for international aid organisations. Since 2010,... > Read more

Dr Sandra Collins is the Director of the National Library of Ireland. The NLI collects and makes available the recorded memory of Ireland, caring for more than 10 million items, including books, newspapers, manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, websites and digital media. Sandra is originally a... > Read more

Dr Lara Cutlar is Vice-Chair of WITS. She completed her PhD at UCD in the summer of 2015, and is continuing that work on a non-viral gene therapy for a terrible skin fragility condition, called Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB). She is project manager at Amryt Pharma and often... > Read more

Adeleh Mohammadi is a PhD candidate in civil engineering at the National University of Ireland Galway. Adeleh is the post-graduate representative of equality, diversity & inclusion unit of the college of engineering and science communication officer in Ryan institute. She is interested in... > Read more