Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin Associate Professor in the School of STEM Education, Innovation & Global Studies at DCU
Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin is an Associate Professor in the School of STEM Education, Innovation & Global Studies at DCU. She is Chair of the Independent Advisory Committee on Nature Restoration, whose work will conclude with Ireland's submission of its Nature Restoration Plan in September 2026. In 2022 she was appointed by the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) as Chair of Ireland's Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, who returned their report and recommendations to government in 2023. She is an award-winning science communicator and educator and was previously named as a European Young Leader, a group nominated to facilitate and create a more equal, innovative and inclusive Europe.