Posted: 01 December 2006
Professor Pat Shannon elected to Governing Authority
Patrick M. Shannon, Professor of Geology and Head of the UCD School of Geological Sciences, has been elected to the UCD Governing Authority. Professor Shannon, a member of the Royal Irish Academy since 2003, fills the vacancy on the professorial panel that arose following the retirement of Professor Muiris X. FitzGerald.
Patrick M. Shannon, Professor of Geology and Head of the UCD School of Geological Sciences
An active researcher and teacher, Professor Shannon is a former Associate Dean of Science. He has served the university on the Academic Council and on committees including Research Ethics, the Welfare Executive and the Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Standing Committee.
The period of office of the Governing Authority ends on 31 January 2009.