Dr Gerard McCarthy

    Geography, ICARUS

    Associate Professor

    Laraghbryan House
    2nd
    2.7
    (01) 708 6550

    Biography

    Gerard is a oceanographer working in ICARUS (Irish Climate Research and Analysis Unit) and lecturer in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University. Gerard previously worked at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, where he worked with the RAPID team measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

    His research interests are in the role of the ocean in climate and how that might change with climate change. He publishes in a wide range of high impact journals including Nature. A full list of up to date publications is maintained here: bit.ly/13rwckn.

    He leads the 2mE A4 project funded by the Marine Institute and the European Regional Development Fund and is co-Investigator on EirOOS—an Irish ocean observing system. He has been involved in a number of European Commission funded projects including the FP7 Thor and NACLIM, and is currently a workpackage co-leader of the Horizon 2020 project, Blue-Action. He leads a workpackage on the 3mE JPI Oceans and Climate project ROADMAP.

    He leads the GY369 module on Oceanography and they GY667 module on Oceans and Climate Change. He is a keen ocean-going scientist and has brought this to his teaching by taking the Maynooth University Climate Change MSc students of fieldwork on the Celtic Voyager (GY671).

    Research Interests


    I am interested in the role of the ocean in climate. In particular, the role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the climate of northwest Europe. Sea level rise. Ocean salinity.

    Research Projects

      Project Role Funding Body / Program Description Start Date End Date Award (€)
    ROADMAP Workpackage Leader / 01-JAN-20
    A4: Aigéin, Aeráid, agus athrú Atlantaigh Co-ordinator Marine Institute (Ireland) / 01-JAN-19 01-JAN-24
    PREDICT Co-Investigator Science Foundation Ireland / 01-OCT-18
    EirOOS: Irish Ocean Observing System Co-Investigator Science Foundation Ireland / 01-JAN-19 01-JAN-20
    Blue Action Workpackage Co-leader / 01-NOV-16 01-FEB-21 7500000

    Post Doctoral Fellows/Research Team

      Researcher Name Project Role Funding Body
    Levke Caesar A4: Aigéin, Aeráid, agus athrú Atlantaigh Post Doctorate Marine Institute (Ireland)
    André Duesterhus A4: Aigéin, Aeráid, agus athrú Atlantaigh Co-PI Marine Institute (Ireland)

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2021 'A 30-year reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation shows no decline'
    Worthington, E. L., Moat, B. I., Smeed, D. A., Mecking, J. V., Marsh, R., and McCarthy, G. D (2021) 'A 30-year reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation shows no decline'. Ocean Science, 17, 285–299 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2021 'Western boundary circulation and coastal sea-level variability in Northern Hemisphere oceans'
    Diabate, S.T., Swingedouw, D., Hirschi, J.J-M., Duchez, A., Leadbitter, P.J., Haigh, I.D. and McCarthy, G.D. (2021) 'Western boundary circulation and coastal sea-level variability in Northern Hemisphere oceans'. Ocean Science, 17, 1449–1471, 2021 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2021 'Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium'
    L. Caesar, G. D. McCarthy, D. J. R. Thornalley, N. Cahill, S. Rahmstorf (2021) 'Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium'. Nature Geoscience, [DOI] [Details]
    2020 'Effects of climate change on the Atlantic Heat Conveyor relevant to the UK'
    McCarthy, G.D. and Jackson, L.C. and Cunningham, S.A. and Holliday, N.P and Smeed, D.A. and Stevens, D.P. (2020) 'Effects of climate change on the Atlantic Heat Conveyor relevant to the UK'. MCCIP Science Review 2020, :190-207 [Details]
    2020 'Sustainable observations of the AMOC: Methodology and Technology'
    Gerard D McCarthy, Peter J Brown, Charles N Flagg, Gustavo Goni, Loïc Houpert, Christopher W Hughes, Rebecca Hummels, Mark Inall, Kerstin Jochumsen, KMH Larsen, P Lherminier, Chris S Meinen, Ben I Moat, Darren Rayner, M Rhein, A Roessler, Claudia Schmid, David A Smeed (2020) 'Sustainable observations of the AMOC: Methodology and Technology'. Reviews of Geophysics, [Details]
    2020 'Multi‐century trends to wetter winters and drier summers in the England and Wales precipitation series explained by observational and sampling bias in early records'
    Conor Murphy, Robert L. Wilby, Tom K. Matthews, Peter Thorne, Ciaran Broderick, Rowan Fealy, Julia Hall, Shaun Harrigan, Phil Jones, Gerard McCarthy, Neil Macdonald, Simon Noone, Ciara Ryan (2020) 'Multi‐century trends to wetter winters and drier summers in the England and Wales precipitation series explained by observational and sampling bias in early records'. International Journal of Climatology, 40 (1):610-619 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2019 'Insights into decadal North Atlantic sea surface temperature and ocean heat content variability from an eddy-permitting coupled climate model'
    Moat B.;Sinha B.;Josey S.;Robson J.;Ortega P.;Sévellec F.;Holliday N.;McCarthy G.;New A.;Hirschi A. (2019) 'Insights into decadal North Atlantic sea surface temperature and ocean heat content variability from an eddy-permitting coupled climate model'. Journal of Climate, 32 (18):6137-6161 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2019 'Reduction in ocean heat transport at 26°N since 2008 cools the eastern subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean'
    Bryden, Harry and King, Brian and McCarthy, Gerard D. and McDonagh, Elaine and Moat, Ben and Smeed, David (2019) 'Reduction in ocean heat transport at 26°N since 2008 cools the eastern subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean'. Journal of Climate, [full-text] [Details]
    2019 'The Relationship between United States East Coast Sea Level and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: a Review'
    Little, Christopher M and Hu, Aixue and Hughes, Chris W and McCarthy, Gerard D and Piecuch, Christopher G and Ponte, Rui M and Thomas, Matthew D (2019) 'The Relationship between United States East Coast Sea Level and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: a Review'. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, [full-text] [Details]
    2019 'Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed transports and variability'
    Frajka-Williams, Eleanor and Ansorge, Isabelle J and Baehr, Johanna and Bryden, Harry L and Chidichimo, Maria Paz and Cunningham, Stuart A and Danabasoglu, Gokhan and Dong, Shenfu and Donohue, Kathleen A and Elipot, Shane and others (2019) 'Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed transports and variability'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'The North Atlantic Ocean Is in a State of Reduced Overturning'
    Smeed D.;Josey S.;Beaulieu C.;Johns W.;Moat B.;Frajka-Williams E.;Rayner D.;Meinen C.;Baringer M.;Bryden H.;McCarthy G. (2018) 'The North Atlantic Ocean Is in a State of Reduced Overturning'. Geophysical Research Letteres, 45 (3):1527-1533 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'The accuracy of estimates of the overturning circulation from basin-wide mooring arrays'
    Sinha B.;Smeed D.;McCarthy G.;Moat B.;Josey S.;Hirschi J.;Frajka-Williams E.;Blaker A.;Rayner D.;Madec G. (2018) 'The accuracy of estimates of the overturning circulation from basin-wide mooring arrays'. Progress in Oceanography, 160 :101-123 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'Super Storm Desmond: a process-based assessment'
    Matthews, TKR, Murphy, C., McCarthy, G., Broderick, C., Wilby R.L. (2018) 'Super Storm Desmond: a process-based assessment'. Environmental Research Letters (ERL), 13 (014024):1-13 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'Atlantic slowdown boosts surface warming'
    McCarthy, Gerard D and Thorne, Peter W (2018) 'Atlantic slowdown boosts surface warming'. Nature, 559 (7714):340-341 [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the island of Ireland (1711-2016)'
    Murphy, C;Broderick, C;Burt, TP;Curley, M;Duffy, C;Hall, J;Harrigan, S;Matthews, TKR;Macdonald, N;McCarthy, G;McCarthy, MP;Mullan, D;Noone, S;Osborn, TJ;Ryan, C;Sweeney, J;Thorne, PW;Walsh, S;Wilby, RL (2018) 'A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the island of Ireland (1711-2016)'. Climate of the Past, 14 :413-440 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'Estimating the Deep Overturning Transport Variability at 26° N Using Bottom Pressure Recorders'
    Worthington, E. L. and Frajka-Williams, E. and McCarthy, G. D. (2018) 'Estimating the Deep Overturning Transport Variability at 26° N Using Bottom Pressure Recorders'. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, [Details]
    2018 'Gulf Stream variability in the context of quasi-decadal and multi-decadal Atlantic climate variability'
    McCarthy, GD and Joyce, TM and Josey, SA (2018) 'Gulf Stream variability in the context of quasi-decadal and multi-decadal Atlantic climate variability'. Geophysical Research Letters, [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'Recent multivariate changes in the North Atlantic climate system, with a focus on 2005--2016'
    Robson, Jon and Sutton, Rowan T and Archibald, Alex and Cooper, Fenwick and Christensen, Matthew and Gray, Lesley J and Holliday, N Penny and Macintosh, Claire and McMillan, Malcolm and Moat, Ben and others (2018) 'Recent multivariate changes in the North Atlantic climate system, with a focus on 2005--2016'. International Journal of Climatology, 38 (14):5050-5076 [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability and the UK ACSIS programme'
    R. T. Sutton, G. D. McCarthy, J. Robson, B. Sinha, A. Archibald, L. J. Gray (2018) 'Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability and the UK ACSIS programme'. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99 :415-425 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2017 'The importance of deep, basinwide measurements in optimized Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation observing arrays'
    McCarthy, GD;Menary, MB;Mecking, JV;Moat, BI;Johns, WE;Andrews, MB;Rayner, D;Smeed, DA (2017) 'The importance of deep, basinwide measurements in optimized Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation observing arrays'. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122 :1808-1826 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2017 '[Global Oceans] Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in State of the Climate in 2016]'
    Baringer, M. O.; Smeed, D. A.; Willis, J.; Lankhorst, M.; Hobbs, W. R.; Dong, S.; McCarthy, G. D.; Rayner, D.; Johns, W. E.; Goni, G.; (2017) '[Global Oceans] Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in State of the Climate in 2016]'. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98 (8):S84-S87 [full-text] [Details]
    2016 'Compensation between meridional flow components of the Atlantic MOC at 26°-N'
    Frajka-Williams, E and Meinen, CS and Johns, WE and Smeed, DA and Duchez, A and Lawrence, AJ and Cuthbertson, DA and McCarthy, GD and Bryden, HL and Baringer, MO and others (2016) 'Compensation between meridional flow components of the Atlantic MOC at 26°-N'. Ocean Science, 12 (2) [full-text] [Details]
    2016 'Drivers of exceptionally cold North Atlantic Ocean temperatures and their link to the 2015 European heat wave'
    Duchez, Aur\'elie and Frajka-Williams, Eleanor and Josey, Simon A. and Evans, Dafydd G. and Grist, Jeremy P. and Marsh, Robert and McCarthy, Gerard D. and Sinha, Bablu and Berry, David I. and Hirschi, Jo\"el J.-M. (2016) 'Drivers of exceptionally cold North Atlantic Ocean temperatures and their link to the 2015 European heat wave'. Environmental Research Letters, [full-text] [Details]
    2016 'Major Variations in Sub-Tropical North Atlantic Heat Transport at Short Timescales: Causes and Consequences'
    Moat, Bengamin I. and Josey, Simon and Sinha, Bablu and Blaker, Adam and Smeed, David A. and McCarthy, Gerard D. and Johns, William and Hirschi, Jo\"el and Frajka-Williams, Eleanor and Rayner, Darren and others (2016) 'Major Variations in Sub-Tropical North Atlantic Heat Transport at Short Timescales: Causes and Consequences'. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'Historical analogues of the recent extreme minima observed in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26° N'
    Blaker, Adam T and Hirschi, Jo\"el J-M and McCarthy, Gerard and Sinha, Bablu and Taws, Sarah and Marsh, Robert and Coward, Andrew and de Cuevas, Beverly (2015) 'Historical analogues of the recent extreme minima observed in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26° N'. Climate dynamics, 44 (1-2):457-473 [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26\textordmasculineN'
    McCarthy, G. D. and Smeed, D. A. and Johns, W. E. and Frajka-Williams, E. and Moat, B. I. and Rayner, D. and Baringer, M. O. and Meinen, C. S. and Collins, J. and Bryden, H. L. (2015) 'Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26\textordmasculineN'. Progress in Oceanography, 130 :91-111 [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'The influence of ocean variations on the climate of Ireland'
    McCarthy, G. D. and Gleeson, E. and Walsh, S. (2015) 'The influence of ocean variations on the climate of Ireland'. Weather, 70 (8):242-245 [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'Ocean impact on decadal Atlantic climate variability revealed by sea-level observations'
    McCarthy, Gerard D. and Haigh, Ivan D. and Hirschi, Jo\"el J.-M. and Grist, Jeremy P. and Smeed, David A. (2015) 'Ocean impact on decadal Atlantic climate variability revealed by sea-level observations'. Nature, 521 :508-510 [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'The Canary basin contribution to the seasonal cycle of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N'
    Perez-Hernandez, M. D. and McCarthy, G. D. and Velez-Belchi, P. and Smeed, D. A. and Fraile-Nuez, E and Hern\'andez-Guerra, A. (2015) 'The Canary basin contribution to the seasonal cycle of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N'. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, (In Press) [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'Continuous Estimate of Atlantic Oceanic Freshwater Flux at 26.5°N'
    McDonagh, E. L. and King, B. A. and Bryden, H. L. and Courtois, P. and Szuts, Z. and Baringer, M. O. and Cunningham, S. A. and Atkinson, C. P. and McCarthy, G. D. (2015) 'Continuous Estimate of Atlantic Oceanic Freshwater Flux at 26.5°N'. Journal of Climate, [full-text] [Details]
    2015 '[Global Oceans] Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in State of the Climate in 2014]'
    Baringer, Molly O.; McCarthy, Gerard D.; Willis, J.; Smeed, David A.; Rayner, D.; Johns, W. E.; Meinen, C. S.; Lankhorst, M.; Send, U.; Cunningham, S. A.; (2015) '[Global Oceans] Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in State of the Climate in 2014]'. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96 (7):S78-S80 [Details]
    2014 'A new index for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N'
    Duchez, Aur\'elie and Hirschi, Joel J.-M. and Blaker, A. T. and Bryden, H. L. and De Cuevas, B. and Atkinson, C. P. and McCarthy, G. D. and Frajka-Williams, E. and Rayner, D. and Smeed, D. A. and others (2014) 'A new index for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N'. Journal of Climate, (Early Online Release) [full-text] [Details]
    2014 'Observed decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2004--2012'
    Smeed, DA and McCarthy, G and Cunningham, SA and Frajka-Williams, E and Rayner, D and Johns, WE and Meinen, CS and Baringer, MO and Moat, BI and Duchez, A and others (2014) 'Observed decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2004--2012'. Ocean Science, 10 (1):29-38 [full-text] [Details]
    2014 'Impact of a 30\% reduction in Atlantic meridional overturning during 2009-2010'
    Bryden, H. L. and King, B. A. and McCarthy, G. D. and McDonagh, E. L. (2014) 'Impact of a 30\% reduction in Atlantic meridional overturning during 2009-2010'. Ocean Science, 11 :789-810 [full-text] [Details]
    2013 'Atmosphere drives recent interannual variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5°N'
    Roberts, C. D. and Waters, J. and Peterson, K. A. and Palmer, M. D. and McCarthy, G. D. and Frajka-Williams, E. and Haines, K. and Lea, D. J. and Martin, M. J. and Storkey, D. and others (2013) 'Atmosphere drives recent interannual variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5°N'. Geophysical Research Letters, (10.1002/grl.50930) [full-text] [Details]
    2013 'Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown cooled the subtropical ocean'
    Cunnningham, S. A. and Roberts, C. D. and Frajka-Williams, E. and Johns, W. E. and Hobbs, W. and Palmer, M. D. and Rayner, D. and Smeed, D. A. and McCarthy, G. D. (2013) 'Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown cooled the subtropical ocean'. Geophysical Research Letters, [full-text] [Details]
    2012 'On the sub-decadal variability of South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water'
    McCarthy, GD and King, BA and Cipollini, P and McDonagh, EL and Blundell, JR and Biastoch, Arne (2012) 'On the sub-decadal variability of South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water'. Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (10) [full-text] [Details]
    2012 'Observed interannual variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5 N'
    McCarthy, G and Frajka-Williams, E and Johns, WE and Baringer, MO and Meinen, CS and Bryden, HL and Rayner, D and Duchez, A and Roberts, C and Cunningham, SA (2012) 'Observed interannual variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5 N'. Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (19) [full-text] [Details]
    2011 'Decadal variability of thermocline and intermediate waters at 24 S in the South Atlantic'
    McCarthy, Gerard and McDonagh, Elaine and King, Brian (2011) 'Decadal variability of thermocline and intermediate waters at 24 S in the South Atlantic'. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41 (1):157-165 [full-text] [Details]
    2011 'South Atlantic overturning circulation at 24 S'
    Bryden, Harry L and King, Brian A and McCarthy, Gerard D (2011) 'South Atlantic overturning circulation at 24 S'. Journal of Marine Research, 69 (1):38-55 [full-text] [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2019 IAPSO Medal Winner Overturning Variability with Observations.
    Gerard McCarthy (2019) IAPSO Medal Winner Overturning Variability with Observations. [Invited Oral Presentation], IUGG General Assembly, Montreal (CA), 9–15 July 2019 [Details]
    2019 Sea Level Rise in Ireland.
    Gerard McCarthy, Robin Edwards, Niamh Cahill, Andrew Parnell (2019) Sea Level Rise in Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], Geoscience for Climate Action, Dublin [Details]
    2019 The importance of Sea Level Measurements.
    Gerard McCarthy (2019) The importance of Sea Level Measurements. [Invited Oral Presentation], GCOS Sea Level Meeting, Custom House, Dublin [Details]
    2019 Our Ocean Wealth, Cork (IE), 10 June 2019.
    Gerard McCarthy (2019) Our Ocean Wealth, Cork (IE), 10 June 2019. [Invited Oral Presentation], Our Ocean Wealth, Cork, Ireland [Details]
    2017 Atlantic Overturning variability from decades to multi-decades.
    Gerard McCarthy (2017) Atlantic Overturning variability from decades to multi-decades. [Invited Oral Presentation], Observing and Understanding the AMOC, Brest, France [Details]
    2015 Atlantic Overturning variability as observed by the RAPID array.
    Gerard McCarthy (2015) Atlantic Overturning variability as observed by the RAPID array. [Invited Oral Presentation], International RAPID-US AMOC Meeting, Bristol, UK [Details]
    2014 10 Years of AMOC Observations with RAPID.
    Gerard McCarthy (2014) 10 Years of AMOC Observations with RAPID. [Invited Oral Presentation], RAPID-AMOC 10-year anniversary meeting, London, UK [Details]
    2013 Results from the 26N Mooring Array.
    Gerard McCarthy (2013) Results from the 26N Mooring Array. [Invited Oral Presentation], International RAPID-US AMOC Meeting, Baltimore, USA [Details]

    Published Reports

      Year Publication
    2017 Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
    G. D. McCarthy, D. A. Smeed, S. A. Cunningham, C. D. Roberts (2017) Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, UK. [full-text] [Details]
    2013 Impacts of climate change on the Atlantic Heat Conveyor.
    Smeed, David and Wood, Richard and Cunningham, Stuart and McCarthy, Gerard and Kuhlbrodt, Till and Dye, Stephen (2013) Impacts of climate change on the Atlantic Heat Conveyor. mccip.org.uk, UK. [Details]
    2012 RRS Discovery cruise 382.
    Gerard McCarthy (PI) (2012) RRS Discovery cruise 382. National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. [Details]
    2012 James Cook cruise JC064, 10 Sep-09 Oct 2011. RAPID moorings cruise report.
    Cunningham, S., McCarthy, G. D., Collins, J. (2012) James Cook cruise JC064, 10 Sep-09 Oct 2011. RAPID moorings cruise report. National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. [Details]

    Blog

      Year Publication
    2015 The Atlantic is entering a cool phase that will change the world’s weather.
    McCarthy, G. D. and Haigh, I. D. (2015) The Atlantic is entering a cool phase that will change the world’s weather. Blog [Details]

    Online Database

      Year Publication
    2017 RAPID-MOC time series April 2004 to February 2017.
    Smeed, David; Rayner, Darren; McCarthy, Gerard; Moat, Ben; Johns, William E; Baringer, Molly O; Meinen, Christopher S; Collins, Julie; (2017) RAPID-MOC time series April 2004 to February 2017. Online Database [Details]
    2016 Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2015.
    Smeed, David A. and McCarthy, Gerard D. and Rayner, Darren and Moat, Bengamin I. and Johns, W.E. and Baringer, M.O. and Meinen, C.S. (2016) Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2015. Online Database [Details]

    Thesis

      Year Publication
    2011 Variability of thermocline and intermediate waters in the South Atlantic.
    McCarthy, Gerard (2011) Variability of thermocline and intermediate waters in the South Atlantic. Thesis [Details]

    Honours and Awards

      Year Title Awarding Body
    2016 National Oceanography Centre Early Career Researcher Award National Oceanography Centre
    2019 Maynooth University Early Career Research Achievement Award Maynooth University
    2019 IAPSO Early Career Scientist Medal IAPSO
    2019 Faculty of Social Sciences Early Career Research Achievement Award Faculty of Social Sciences, Maynooth University

    Professional Associations

      Association Function From / To
    Royal Meteorological Society Fellow /
    European Geophysical Union Member /
    Challenger Society for Marine Science Member /

    Committees

      Committee Function From / To
    North Atlantic Virtual Institute Member of Steering Committee 2015 /
    European Acadamies Science Advisory Council Working Group Member on the Importance of Ocean Circulation for Europe 2019 /
    Department of Geography Research Committee Member 2017 /
    Scientific Council for Ocean Research (Ireland) Member 2018 /
    Weather Member of Editorial Board 2016 / 2018

    Employment

      Employer Position From / To
    National Oceanography Centre Research Fellow 20-FEB-11 / 31-OCT-17
    Maynooth University Lecturer 11-NOV-17 /

    Education

      Year Institution Qualification Subject
    2007 University College Cork BSc Physics and Applied Maths
    2011 University of Southampton PhD Physical Oceanography

    Consultancy

      Client Description
    Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

    Teaching Interests


    GY369: Oceanography, 2018-present, co-ordinator and lecturer
    GY667: The Ocean and Climate Change (MSc), 2019-present, co-ordinator and lecturer
    GY671: Field Course (MSc), SMART Sea School on the Celtic Voyager, 2018-present