Brian O'Driscoll

Personal Details

Age: 28,

Nationality: Irish,

Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland.

Biography

 

2008-: Keele University


Lecturer in Igneous and Metamorphic petrology


2006-2008: University College Dublin, Ireland

 

Postdoctoral research: Textures and geochemistry of PGE-enriched layered cumulates (with Prof. J.S. Daly).

 

2003-2006: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland


PhD: ‘Quantitative studies of rock fabrics and textures in layered mafic intrusions of the British Tertiary Igneous Province: implications for magma system emplacement and evolution’ (supervised by Dr. V.R. Troll, Trinity College Dublin and Dr. R.J. Reavy, University College Cork, Ireland).

 

1999-2003: University College Cork, Ireland


BSc. (Honours) with 1st Class (Geology).

BSc. Thesis: The Geology of Dawros Peninsula and Hinterland, Connemara, Ireland.

 

1992-1999: Clifden Community School, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland.

 

Leaving Certificate (1999).

 

Awards and Distinctions

 

  • October 2006: Irish Research Council of Science Engineering and Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship for study at University College Dublin.
  • March 2005: PESGB Award for the Best Student Poster at the Irish Geological Research Meeting (IGRM) 2005.
  • April 2004: Mineralogical Society Bursary Award.
  • January 2004: ‘Dave Johnston Prize’, awarded by the Tectonic Studies Group (TSG) for best undergraduate geological mapping project in the UK and Ireland in 2003.
  • December 2003: Science Graduate of the Year Gold Medal, awarded to the outstanding science graduate of 2003 at University College Cork.
  • December 2003: Cunningham Prize (Awarded by the Geological Survey of Ireland for best undergraduate mapping project in Ireland in 2003).
  • October 2003: Irish Research Council of Science Engineering and Technology Postgraduate Scholarship for PhD study at Trinity College Dublin.
  • July 2003: ‘Thorley-Sweetman Prize’, awarded for the best BSc thesis submitted to Dept. of Geology, University College Cork in 2003).
  • July 2001; 2002: University College Cork Science Faculty Scholarship, awarded for competition in exams throughout the Science Faculty to the candidate with the highest first class marks.
  • July 2001: Mineralogical Society Student Award for excellence in igneous petrology, mineralogy and geochemistry at University College Cork.
  • June 2000: Awarded the title of ‘College Scholar’, from University College Cork.
  • June 2000: ‘Ted Nevill Prize’ for the highest first year marks in the Geology class at University College Cork 2000.
  • May 1999: AIB Student of the Year Award, awarded to the student with the best academic record in the graduating class of 1999 at Clifden Community School.