John O’Sullivan is Deputy Head of UCD Civil Engineering, Director of the UCD Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research and a Fellow of the UCD Earth Institute. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (BA, BAI, 1993), the Queen's University of Belfast (MSc, 1994) and the University of Ulster (PhD, 1999).
O’Sullivan has over 25 years teaching and research experience in water resources engineering. His primary research experience centre on hydrology, hydraulics, and hydrodynamic modelling and he has been a Principle Investigator on many national and European projects in these areas. Dr. O'Sullivan has published 50 international peer reviewed journal papers and in excess of 60 conference papers. He is an Editor for the International Water Association (IWA) Journal of Water Supply and has served as External Examiner for Research Masters and PhD Theses both nationally and internationally. He has also served on a wide range of Engineers Ireland Professional Accreditation Panels.