Earth & Ocean sciences

Dr. Sadhbh Baxter
Project Manager & Outreach Officer, CoralFISH

Ext. 5962
Phone: 353 91 495 962 
Email: sadhbh.baxternuigalway.ie    

Research Interests: outreach; life-long learning.  

Prof. Colin Brown
Director, Institute for Environment, Marine and Energy

Ext. 2691 
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 691
Email:  colin.brownnuigalway.ie

Research Interests: offshore renewable energy; underwater acoustic methods for seabed sediment properties; geohabitat mapping; marine ecological modelling; geophysics for hydrogeology; electromagnetic and potential field geophysics; numerical modelling.

Dr. Rachel R. Cave
Lecturer

Ext. 2351
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 351
Email:  rachel.cavenuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: ocean chemistry; groundwater-seawater interactions; biogeochemical cycling in coastal waters.

Dr. Alessandra Costanzo
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Ext. 5097
Phone: 353 (0)91 495 097
Email:  alessandra.costanzonuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: mineralogy; petrology and petrogenesis of carbonatites and related rocks; fluid inclusion and petroleum inclusion studies; application of Laser Raman Spectroscopy and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer to the study of fluid inclusions.

Prof. Peter Croot

Head of Earth & Ocean Sciences

Ext. 2194
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 194
Email:  peter.crootnuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: Marine Biogeochemistry, Chemical Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry  

Dr. Eve Daly
Lecturer

Ext. 2183
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 183
Email:  eve.dalynuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: tectonic processes onshore and offshore of Ireland; environmental geophysics.

Dr. Garret Duffy
Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Phone:  353 (0)91  492 169
Email: garret.duffynuigalway.ie

Research Interests: hydrography; coastal hydrodynamic modelling and measurement; sediment transport modelling and measurement; digital terrain analysis.

Prof. Martin Feely

Deputy Head of Earth & Ocean Sciences

Ext. 2129
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 129
Email: martin.feelynuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests:  fluid inclusion studies; petroleum and mineral deposits; geochemistry; geochronology; gemmology; critical zone studies; mineralogy; igneous and metamorphic petrology.

Dr. Anthony J. Grehan
Senior Researcher

Ext. 3235
Phone: 353 (0)91 493 235
Email: anthony.grehannuigalway.ie

Research Interests: habitat mapping; suitability modeling; deep-water corals; sustainable ocean resource management.

  Dr. Ronan  Hennessy 
 Lecturer & Post-doctoral Research Fellow 

Ext. 3853
Phone: 353 (0)91 493853
Email: ronan.hennessynuigalway.ie

Research Interests: GIS  and geo-visualisation, geological heritage and Geoparks, google earth and KML and its applications for geology education, geological outreach and history of Geology and the Railways

Mr. Tiernan Henry
Lecturer

Ext. 5096
Phone: 353 (0)91 495 096
Email: tiernan.henrynuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: groundwater; hydrogeology, water resource management.

Dr. Caroline Kivimae
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Ext. 2773 (office); 3205 (lab)
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 773 (office); 353 (0)91 493 205 (lab)
Email: caroline.kivimaenuigalway.ie

Research Interests: chemical oceanography; global carbon cycle; inorganic and organic carbon at high latitudes; oxygen in the ocean.

Dr. Klaus Leurer
Research Fellow

Ext. 2690
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 690
Email: klaus.leurernuigalway.ie

Research Interests: rock physics; sediment acoustics.  

Dr. Shane Tyrrell

Ext. 4387

Phone: 353 (0)91 494 387

Email: shane.tyrrellnuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests:

Sediments and sedimentary rocks; basin analysis; sedimentary petrography, geochemistry and provenance; petroleum systems; sedimentary responses to climate change.

Dr. Liam Morrison
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Ext. 3200
Phone:  353 (0)91 493 200
Email: liam.morrisonnuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: metals in the environment (e.g., soils, terrestrial and marine sediments, rocks, waters and biological tissue); elemental speciation; mobility, bioavailability and biomonitoring of environmental contaminants; biodeterioration of stone and environmental mineralogy; lithobionts (algae, fungi, and bacteria).

Dr. John Murray
Lecturer

Ext. 5095 
Phone: 353 (0)91 495 095
Email: john.murraynuigalway.ie

Dr. Barbara Petrunic
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow & Webmaster

Ext. 3069
Phone: 353 (0)91 493 069
Email: barbara.petrunicnuigalway.ie   

Research Interests: environmental geochemistry; mineral-water interactions; groundwater & hydrogeology; secondary mineralogy; mine tailings.

Dr.Robin Raine

Ext. 2271
Phone: 353 (0)91 492 271 
Email: robin.rainenuigalway.ie  

Research Interests: initiation of harmful Algal blooms, small and fine scale biophysical interactions relevant to phytoplankton, and phytoplankton dynamics on the continental shelf.  

Dr. Martin White
Lecturer

Ext. 3214
Phone: 353 (0)91 493 214
Email: martin.whitenuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: benthic dynamics; biophysical interactions; continental margin hydrography; cold water corals.

Prof. Michael Williams 
Professor  

Ext. 2266

Phone: 353 (0)91 492266
Email:  michael.williamsnuigalway.ie 
 
Research & Teaching Interests: sedimentology; coastal processes; caledonian geology.