Eoin Gill is a founder of the Robert Boyle Summer School celebrating its 11th year in 2023. An environmental engineer by profession, his research and professional interests span sustainability and climate action, to the Arts, Philosophy and History of Science and Technology. Eoin is passionate about collaborative working and advancing and…
Nuala Clarke is an Irish visual artist. She completed a BA in Fine Art Painting in NCAD in 1993 and afterwards moved to New York City to live and work. Currently represented by Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY. In 2007, Clarke received a fellowship to The Ballinglen Arts Foundation,…
Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born in Lurgan Co Down. She inadvertently discovered pulsars as a graduate student in radio astronomy in Cambridge, opening up a new branch of astrophysics – work recognised by the award of a Nobel Prize to her supervisor. She has subsequently worked in many roles in…
In science, one is rarely alone, as it often involves teamwork and collaboration. Ideas and concepts are discussed with peers, as was the case for Robert Boyle and his sister in the 17th century. While it was socially acceptable for his sister to do charity work, it was not acceptable…
2021 Robert Boyle Summer School: Women in STEM – Past, Present & Future, online.
Luke O’Neill is Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is a world expert on innate immunity and inflammation.
Michelle is the Arnold Thackray Director of the Othmer Library at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia. Her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of early modern science and medicine, with particular interests in domestic science, medical remedies, and women practitioners.
2021 Robert Boyle Winter School: Science and Pandemics, Online.
Dealing with pandemics is nothing new for scientists. Throughout history new contagious diseases have emerged, seemingly out of nowhere. Physicians, researchers, and public officials then scramble towards mitigating the spread and discovering a cure while death tolls and unemployment rise.