President of Munster Technological University
Maggie did her BSc in Cell Biology at the University of Glasgow and her PhD in Protein Biochemistry at the University of Liverpool. Maggie began multidisciplinary work in Geosciences at the University of Glasgow where she was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and established a research group in biominerals. As well as research and teaching commitments, she was Associate Dean for the Faculty of Physical Sciences Graduate School, International Lead for Science & Engineering and Head of School of Geographical & Earth Sciences.
In 2017 Maggie joined the University of Stirling as Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. In 2018, she completed the Senior Executive Programme of the London Business School. Maggie was awarded the Saltire Society’s Scottish Science Award in 2008, elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2011 and, in 2017, she was awarded the Schlumberger Medal by the Mineralogical Society. She has held many external roles such as Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2017-2020), Interdisciplinary Advisor for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 sub-panel B7 in criteria-setting and assessment phases and a Member of Scottish Government STEM Strategy Advisory Group (2018-2021).
On 1st January 2021, Maggie took up the role of Inaugural President of Munster Technological University.