Pictured: Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD welcoming Professor Teresa Lago to Ireland in DIAS in July 2019.
DIAS is celebrating an excellent start to 2020, with receipt of funding for a new Senior Professorship in Physics. The announcement was made Friday 03 January by Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD.
This new position is the result of the Government’s “Senior Academic Leadership Initiative” (SALI). The ultimate goal is to address the gender imbalance at senior academic level in higher education institutions in Ireland.
The initiative will fund academic roles where there is clear evidence of a gender imbalance, and in 2020 a total of 20 new positions will be introduced in higher education institutions throughout Ireland.
Welcoming the announcement, Dr. Eucharia Meehan, CEO and Registrar of DIAS, said: “I am delighted DIAS has been selected to be one of the first institutions selected to receive this groundbreaking funding.”
“The data shows irrefutably that women are not sufficiently represented in senior academic roles. Therefore, the work being undertaken by the Government to accelerate the correction of this imbalance is to be welcomed. Having a more representative academic profession will benefit us all.
“I look forward to the new Senior Physics Professor taking up the position once the recruitment process has been completed. I am sure an excellent contribution will be made that will benefit the broader Irish physics community.”
It is anticipated that the new SALI position will be widely advertised from late Spring 2020.
#OTD in 2019 @mitchelloconnor unveiled a portrait of Dr Sheila Tinney here at DIAS. Dr Tinney was appointed the first ever female fellow at DIAS and later became a Research Associate at the Institute’s School of Theoretical Physics.
Today also marks her birthday 🎂
#DIASdiscovers
Busy start to the week: An international team led by scientists from DIAS has discovered that large portions of the tectonic plate, or lithosphere, beneath Africa have disappeared over the past 200 million years
More ➡️ dias.ie/2020/01/13/dia…@dias_geophysics#DIASdiscovers
DIAS is looking for an exceptional Senior Executive Officer to look after their Strategy Implementation and Impact. Interested? Learn More at
dias.ie/2020/01/08/vac…
Closes 31 January
#DIASdiscovers#jobfairy
In 2017 Dr Eamon O'Gorman (then astronomer at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) led an international team to create the image of Betelgeuse.
Now one of the brightest stars in the sky has been dimming:
dias.ie/betelgeusedims#DIASdiscovers#ALMA#telescope
DIAS receives funding for new ‘SALI’ Senior Professorship in Physics
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Last Updated: 7th January 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
DIAS is celebrating an excellent start to 2020, with receipt of funding for a new Senior Professorship in Physics. The announcement was made Friday 03 January by Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD.
This new position is the result of the Government’s “Senior Academic Leadership Initiative” (SALI). The ultimate goal is to address the gender imbalance at senior academic level in higher education institutions in Ireland.
The initiative will fund academic roles where there is clear evidence of a gender imbalance, and in 2020 a total of 20 new positions will be introduced in higher education institutions throughout Ireland.
Welcoming the announcement, Dr. Eucharia Meehan, CEO and Registrar of DIAS, said: “I am delighted DIAS has been selected to be one of the first institutions selected to receive this groundbreaking funding.”
“The data shows irrefutably that women are not sufficiently represented in senior academic roles. Therefore, the work being undertaken by the Government to accelerate the correction of this imbalance is to be welcomed. Having a more representative academic profession will benefit us all.
“I look forward to the new Senior Physics Professor taking up the position once the recruitment process has been completed. I am sure an excellent contribution will be made that will benefit the broader Irish physics community.”
It is anticipated that the new SALI position will be widely advertised from late Spring 2020.
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DYK: @dias_geophysics was at @BTYSTE in the @TheRDS in early Jan twitter.com/dias_geophysic…
#OTD in 2019 @mitchelloconnor unveiled a portrait of Dr Sheila Tinney here at DIAS. Dr Tinney was appointed the first ever female fellow at DIAS and later became a Research Associate at the Institute’s School of Theoretical Physics. Today also marks her birthday 🎂 #DIASdiscovers
Busy start to the week: An international team led by scientists from DIAS has discovered that large portions of the tectonic plate, or lithosphere, beneath Africa have disappeared over the past 200 million years More ➡️ dias.ie/2020/01/13/dia… @dias_geophysics #DIASdiscovers
An interesting story that includes one of the first ever DIAS staff members. #DIASdiscovers twitter.com/IrishTimesBook…
This week we took a look back at DIAS' significant achievements over the decade from 2010 to 2019. Learn More ➡️ dias.ie/2020/01/09/dia… #DIASdiscovers
DIAS is looking for an exceptional Senior Executive Officer to look after their Strategy Implementation and Impact. Interested? Learn More at dias.ie/2020/01/08/vac… Closes 31 January #DIASdiscovers #jobfairy
ICYMI: DIAS was awarded one of the first SALI Professorships in Physics on the 03 January. It is anticipated that recruitment for this position will begin in late Spring 2020. More ➡️ dias.ie/2020/01/06/dia… #DIASdiscovers #SALI #physics #jobfairy #gender #Balance
In 2017 Dr Eamon O'Gorman (then astronomer at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) led an international team to create the image of Betelgeuse. Now one of the brightest stars in the sky has been dimming: dias.ie/betelgeusedims #DIASdiscovers #ALMA #telescope
Last day to apply for the Schrödinger Fellowship with the School of Theoretical Physics More: dias.ie/positions/inde… #jobfairy #DIASdiscovers #physics #theoretical