Assoc Professor
Deirdre CoffeyProfile page
Associate Professor
School of Physics
Orcid identifier0000-0002-2210-202X
- Associate ProfessorSchool of Physics
- 01 716 2823
- University College Dublin, School of Physics, Science Centre - North Belfield Dublin 4
BIO
Dr Deirdre Coffey is Associate Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science at the UCD School of Physics. Her research interests are in the field of star and planet formation, using world-class telescopes of the European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS
- Programme Director of MSc Space Science & TechnologyUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandSep 2013 - Dec 2018
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate ProfessorUniversity College Dublin, School of Physics, Dublin, Ireland1 Nov 2024
- Adjunct FellowThe Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin 2, Ireland1 Sep 2015
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity College Dublin, School of Physics, Ireland1 Nov 2012 - 31 Oct 2024
- IRCSET Postdoctoral Research FellowThe Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland1 Jan 2009 - 1 Jan 2011
- Italian Space Agency Postdoctoral Research FellowI.N.A.F. - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2012
- Marie Curie RTN Postdoctoral Research FellowI.N.A.F. - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy1 Jan 2005 - 1 Jan 2008
DEGREES
- HDipEdTrinity College Dublin
- MScQueen's University Belfast
- PhD, AstrophysicsTrinity College Dublin
- Prof Dip University Teaching & LearningUniversity College Dublin
LANGUAGES
- ItalianCan read, write, speak and understand