
An exciting initiative to introduce female-identifying school (Senior Cycle) and university students to Earth Sciences and demonstrate the world of careers open to geoscience graduates today.
Girls into Geoscience - Ireland is proud to announce the launch of a new strand to its programming! This is the opportunity to organise a career talk with a number of inspirational geoscientists across the island of Ireland!
How does it work?
Below you'll find a 'menu' of our geoscience experts who would love to come and talk to you or your class about their careers. Simply click on a potential speaker to read more about them, or peruse the full list of bios and then contact us to set up a talk from one or more of our fab line up!
The talks will be organised at a time and in a place that suits you and the speaker(s). If your speaker is local to you, they may be able to come and speak at your school/public event. If not, this will be set up virtually. In person talks will be arranged subject to the current government COVID policies.
To book a talk by one or more of our experts, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Organise a Career Talk
Location: Dublin/Wexford
Aileen Doran
Post-doctoral researcher, specialising in Irish minerals and metals for a sustainable future.

Location: Galway
Tiernan Henry
Lecturer in Environmental Geology, Earth and Ocean Sciences at NUIG and iCRAG.

Location: Cork
Maria McNamara
Professor of Palaeontology in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC and iCRAG

Location: Dublin
Haleh Karbala Ali
Post-doctoral researcher, specialising in the use of geophysics to understand karst systems

Location: Dublin
Lucy Blennerhassett
PhD student specialising in understanding climate change through environmental geochemistry.

Location: Dublin
Francesca Martini
Geophysicist and Senior Research Grant Manager at the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geoscience.

Location: Cork/Limerick
Jean O'Dwyer
Deputy Head of Environmental Science, University College Cork & Deputy Director of iCRAG

Location: Dublin
Anna Bidgood
Researcher specialsing in making mountains and economic minerals

Location: Cork
Jess Franklin
Geoscientist specialising in education and public engagement with the Earth Sciences

Location: Belfast
Emer Caslin
Business development manager at the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences

Location: Dublin/ most locations
Elspeth Sinclair
Geoscientist specialising in education and public engagement with the Earth Sciences

Location: Dublin
Jennifer Craig
Chief Operations Officer at the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences

Location: Dublin/Wexford
Aoife Blowick
Research manager, with a background in sedimentology

Location: Dublin
Anna Bidgood
Researcher specialsing on making mountains and economic minerals
