Alumni Showcase

This UCD Science virtual Alumni Award Winners Showcase promotes the personal and professional achievements of our graduates. We hope that this array of alumni leaders will inspire the next generation of UCD graduates.

The UCD Alumni Awards recognise and celebrate the excellence and achievement of individuals within our network. Their accomplishments and successes are a source of great pride to UCD and an inspiration to present and future generations. With more than 310,000 alumni in 184 countries around the world, the reach of the UCD alumni network is truly global. Our alumni are loyal and passionate, and their support and achievements help to shape the future of UCD, Ireland’s leading global university. Previous winners for the College of Science are listed in our Alumni Award Winner Showcase.

Alumni Award Winner Showcase

2024: Paul Gillen

Paul Gillen, Managing Director and Country Lead for Barclays Bank in Ireland and Chief Security officer for Barclays Bank in Europe, is also the global head of Cyber, Fraud and Internal Security Transformation teams, where he leads Cyber Security transformation at the bank Learn more...

2023: Dr Margaret Faul

Dr Margaret Faul received her BSc and MSc degrees from UCD, and received her PhD from Harvard University. In 2003 Margaret joined Amgen Inc, in Thousand Oaks, California., where she is currently Vice President of the Manufacturing and Clinical Supply chain organisation, accountable for clinical supply for all Amgen’s clinical studies. Learn more...

2022: Conrad Burke

Conrad is an entrepreneur and investor who has worked and lived in the U.S., Japan, Germany, and the U.K. building successful new businesses in renewable energy, optical communications, nanomaterials, and biosciences. Learn more...

2021: Professor Teresa Lambe

Professor Teresa Lambe was one of the Principal Investigators overseeing the University’s COVID-19 vaccine programme. In January 2020, she co-designed the vaccine before leading the pivotal pre-clinical studies required to allow clinical trials to commence in April 2020. Learn more...

2020: Dr Cormac Kilty

Dr Cormac is a biotech entrepreneur, manages a biotech investment portfolio and is involved with two angel investment groups in Ireland. Cormac, the founder of Biotrin, a virology diagnostics company, and Argutus Medical, and is currently Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Medicinal Chemistry at UCD. Learn more...

2019: Caroline Keeling

Caroline Keeling is CEO of Keeling's, Ireland’s largest fruit and vegetable distributor, dating back to the 1920s. Since becoming CEO of the Irish-owned Keeling’s in 2013, Caroline has increased the company's turnover by 50 percent and extended the brand to include five divisions, with operations in the UK, Europe and Asia. Learn more...

Alumni Awards winner 2018 Dr Michael Byrne

2018: Michael Byrne

A physicist who used theoretical knowledge from his degree to invent a new technology that he has turned into a global business. From his involvement in the development of the basic ionisation smoke alarm, in 1988 he and his colleagues were part of a management buyout, following which Ei Electronics was established in Shannon which employs over 700 people. Learn more...

2017: Dr Sheila Willis

Previously Director General of Forensic Science Ireland, Dr Willis’s career has focused on how science can be used to investigate crime and assist the administration of justice. Sheila pioneered the introduction of DNA profiling to our legal system and recruited an expert team of molecular biologists to set up the national DNA Database System in 2015. Learn more...

2016: Dr Dennis Jennings

Dr Jennings was UCD’s first full-time Director of Computing Service from 1977 to 1999. Since then has fulfilled roles in national and international networking and scientific organisations and in business. He was instrumental in selecting the underlying technology and defining the architectural principles that established the foundation of today's global internet. Dr Jennings has been inducted as a Pioneer into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2014.

2015: Fr Peter McVerry

Fr Peter McVerry, a beacon of hope for many, was rightfully the UCD Alumni Award in Science in 2015 for dedicating his life to fighting poverty and homelessness. After graduating from UCD with a Science degree in 1969, he has campaigned tirelessly on issues of justice, poverty and homelessness. Learn more...

2014: Evelyn Cusack

Evelyn Cusack is the recipient of the Science award in recognition of her leadership in meteorology in Ireland. Evelyn has a Bachelor of Science from UCD in Physics and Maths and a Masters in Physics. She graduated from UCD in 1979 and joined Met Éireann in 1981 to work as a forecaster. She is now Deputy Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann. Learn more...

Alumni Award Winner Interviews

Paul Gillen - UCD Alumni Award Winner in Science 2024

Dr Margaret Faul - UCD Alumni Award Winner in Science 2023

Mr Conrad Burke - UCD Alumni Award Winner in Science 2022

Professor Teresa Lambe - UCD Alumni Award Winner in Science 2021

Dr Cormac Kilty - UCD Alumni Award Winner in Science 2020

UCD Alumni Contact

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