Maynooth University Department of Geography

Prior to Maynooth University, Louise worked with the Irish Red Cross in a number of roles concerned with humanitarian diplomacy and the dissemination of humanitarian law.  During this time Louise also undertook her LLM in International and Comparative Law at Trinity College Dublin where she graduated top of her class.  Her dissertation focused on the need to utilise the norms of humanitarian law in assessing refugee status applications from ‘war-torn’ states.  In the past, Louise has also worked with the Irish Refugee Council and maintains a keen interest in refugee rights.

In addition, Louise holds an MSc in Humanitarian Action from University College Dublin, during which she spent a semester at Universitie Catholique de Louvain-de-Neuve, Belgium and three months at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia, before commencing field work in East Timor.  Louise’s dissertation looked at the cultural geographies of the city of Dili as experienced by residents and employed extensive participatory mapping methods.  Louise also holds a BA (Hons) in Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy from University College Dublin.

Arnold, Samantha and Sarsfield Collins, Louise (2011) Closing a Protection Gap Irish Refugee Council

'Legal Protections for journalists in conflict zones' at Reporters Lives on the Line, Dublin 2012
 

John and Pat Hume Scholarship in Geography, Maynooth University (2015)

Award for Highest Grade, LLM International and Comparative Law, Trinity College Dublin (2013)

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for visiting studentship at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University (2009)

Postgraduate Scholarship, University College Dublin (2009)

Patrick Semple Medal for Geography, University College Dublin (2008)

Arts and Humanities Scholarship, University College Dublin (2008)

Arts and Humanities Scholarship, University College Dublin (2007)

Tutor, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, 2008 and 2010/11

Irish Refugee Council

LinkedIN: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/louise-sarsfield-collins-45636022

In 2016 she started to work as a junior researcher with the group ‘Clime, Water, Global Change and Natural Systems’ in the Geography Department at Zaragoza’s University, with the Professor José Carlos González-Hidalgo. The project title was "Development sector indices of drought: Improved monitoring and early warning drought in Spain-2" (CGL2014-52135 - C3-3 -R).

She joined ICARUS in Maynooth University in 2017 following receipt of a PhD Walsh Fellowship from Teagasc (2017-2021), with her work focusing on deriving high resolution, on-farm, rainfall estimates from terrestrial and satellite radar data.

• Radar data

• Remote sensing

• G.I.S.

• Statistics

• Programming

• Crops

2. González-Hidalgo, J.C.; Peña-Angulo, D.; Salinas Solé, C.; Jiménez-Castañeda, A.; Brunetti, M. The effect of length and starting year on trend analyses of temperatures in Spanish mainland (1951-2010). EGU 2017. 23-28 April 2017 (Poster contribution)

3. Burguera, M.T.; González-Hidalgo, J.C.; Jiménez-Castañeda, A.; Luna Rico, M.Y.; Morata, A.B.; Vicente Serrano, S.; Beguería S. Quality control seven variables national database AEMET. Weather, society, risk and land management. 10th International Congress of the Spanish Association of Climatology. Spanish Association of Climatology; University of Alicante 05-08 October 2016 (Oral contribution)

4. González-Hidalgo, J.C.; Peña-Angulo, D.; Salinas, C.; Jiménez-Castañeda, A.; Brunetti M.Recent variations of the temperature in Spain: The effect of the selected period on the trends of the seasonal series of the averages of minimum and maximum. Weather, society, risk and land management. 10th International Congress of the Spanish Association of Climatology. Spanish Association of Climatology; University of Alicante. 05-08 October 2016(Oral contribution).

5. Jiménez-Castañeda; E. Luna Jordán; C. Castañeda del Álamo. Territorial integration of data from the Nature Reserve of Gallocanta´s lagoon as a basis for management. Spatial analysis and geographic representation: innovation and application. XXIV Congress of the Association of Spanish Geographers. 28-30 October 2015. (Oral contribution)

6.      Castañeda del Álamo C.; Jiménez-Castañeda A.; Latorre Garcés B. Semi-automatic generation of environment indices using satellite imaginary (GINASAT v1.0). Legal representative: Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

No 799_2015. 2015.(Patent)

7. Castañeda del Álamo, C., Jiménez-Castañeda, A.; Latorre Garcés, B.; Luna Jordán E. Automatic processing of Landsat imagery in GIS environment management protected areas: Gallocata Spain. Remote sensing, wetlands and protected areas.  XVI Congress of the Spanish Association of Remote Sensing. 21-23 October 2015. (Oral and paper contribution)
 

2. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU) 2017. 23-28 April 2017

3. Data quality control and homogenization. Global Change Research Institute CAS. Brno, Czech Republic. 29 November 2016 to 01 December 2016.

4. XXIV Congress of the Association of Spanish Geographers. 28-30 October 2015.

5. XVI Congress of the Spanish Association of Remote Sensing. 21-23 October 2015.

6. Spanish Association of Climatology; University of Alicante 05-08 October 2016
 

Outside of Geography, I am a professional musician, and perform regularly as a soloist, ensemble and orchestral musician, in session recording, and as a choral accompanist. I have performed across Ireland as well as in parts of the UK and Europe. I was classically trained through the Royal Irish Academy of Music in piano, violin and flute, and pursued piano performance as my first study instrument during my undergraduate degree; I now perform in numerous styles and genres, including classical, jazz, traditional, folk, and country. I teach music to children and adults, and work as a choral accompanist and facilitator to a community music organisation in Carlow, in addition to my performing work. I really enjoy working in community settings, and so am involved in a voluntary capacity in several musical ensembles in Carlow, working with children, teenagers, and adults of all ages.   Through the PhD, I really look forward to collaborating with my existing musical colleagues and friends, and to forging new connections with other performers, composers and organisations. 

2015 Nimble Spaces, Carlow: 'Music and Place: A Community Mapping Project in Carlow'

2015 John and Pat Hume Research Scholarship

2014 Department of Geography Award for Highest Results in Human Geography, awarded for final year B.A. examinations

2013 Department of Music Award for Highest Results in B.A. Music, awarded for second year examinations
 

Cawley, M.F., Mooney, P.A., O’Connor, P. (2008) Asymmetrical heat transfer through composites of water and aqueous solutions in the presence of the density maximum. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 (1-2), 224-236 

2017 – 2021 Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (Government of Ireland). 

Senior co-ordinator of first year Experimental Physics laboratory sessions

Supervisor of fourth year undergraduate end of degree thesis project

Demonstrator for fourth year ‘LabWindows CVI’, C++, and instrumentation and interfacing laboratories 

Historical Climatology

Data Rescue

Extreme weather events

Murphy, C., Burt, T.P., Broderick, C., Duffy, C., Macdonald, N., Matthews, T., McCarthy, M.P., Mullan, D., Noone, S., Ryan, C., Thorne, P., Walsh, S. and Wilby, R. (2017) A 305 year monthly rainfall series for the Island of Ireland (1711 - 2016). Climates of the Past. 

Ryan, C., Murphy, C., Duffy, C., Broderick, C., Thorne, T, Curley, M., Walsh, S., Treanor, M., and Daly, C. (2017) Integrating data rescue into the classroom [Poster presentation – Presented by Ciara Ryan]. European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23 – 28 April 2017.

Murphy, C., Burt, T.P., Broderick, C., Duffy, C., Macdonald, N., Matthews, T., McCarthy, M.P., Mullan, D., Noone, S., Ryan, C., Thorne, P., Walsh, S. and Wilby, R. (1711) A 305 year monthly rainfall series for the Island of Ireland (1711 - 2016). [Oral presentation – Presented by Conor Murphy]. European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23 – 28 April 2017.

Ryan, C., Murphy, C., Duffy, C., Broderick, C., Thorne, T, Curley, M., Walsh, S., Treanor, M., and Daly, C. (2017) Integrating data rescue into the classroom [Oral presentation – Presented by Ciara Ryan]. Met Éireann, 65/67 Glasnevin Hill Dublin 9, D09 Y921, Ireland, 15th March 2017.

Ryan, C., Murphy, C., Duffy, C., Broderick, C., Thorne, T, Curley, M., Walsh, S., Treanor, M., and Daly, C. (2017) Integrating data rescue into the classroom [Oral presentation – Presented by Ciara Ryan]. Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland. 17th November 2016.

2016:   John and Pat Hume Doctoral Scholarship

2016:   Department of Geography Award for Best Performance in the MSc in Climate Change.

2015:   Department of Geography Award for the Best Physical Geographer in Final Year Examinations.

2015:   Maynooth University Masters Scholarship.

2014:   Summer Programme for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR).

2017/18: Third year tutor, GY310B Geography Research Workshops, Department of Geography, Maynooth University.

Geographical Society of Ireland (GSI)

Irish Meteorological Society