ProfessorFrank McDermott
(He/him/his)
Full Professor
School of Earth Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0001-7037-7936 (opens in a new tab)
- Full ProfessorSchool of Earth Sciences
- 01 716 2063
- University College Dublin, School of Earth Sciences, Science Centre Belfield Dublin 4
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Aqueous geochemistry particularly with reference to carbon sequestration (enhanced mineral weathering). Late Pleistocene Climate Change and data-model comparisons. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction using stable isotopes and trace elements in speleothems. Variability in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and other large scale atmospheric circulation patterns during the past two millennia. NAO persistence patterns and the implication for wind and solar energy production in western Europe.
GRANTS
- PROJECT GRANTBio-Mediated Improvement of Marine Sediments for Offshore Renewable Energy Foundations (Bio-Anchors)University College Dublin (UCD)1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2027People funded by this grant:
- Zhao B,
- McDermott F,
- Donohue S,
- Coughlan M,
- Tracy S
- PARTNERSHIP GRANTFirst Harvests: untangling climate, chronology and cereal cultivation in Later Neolithic Ireland 3600-2500 BCIrish Research Council (IRC)1 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2026People funded by this grant:
- Smyth J,
- McDermott F
- OTHER GRANTiCRAG PIPCO IndustryPipco Rsg Ltd.1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- McDermott F,
- Menuge J,
- McDermott F,
- Haughton P
- OTHER GRANTiCRAG PIPCO IndustryPipco Rsg Ltd.1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Haughton P,
- Menuge J,
- McDermott F,
- Haughton P
- OTHER GRANTiCRAG PIPCO IndustryPipco Rsg Ltd.1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Childs C,
- Menuge J,
- McDermott F,
- Haughton P
- OTHER GRANTiCRAG PIPCO IndustryPipco Rsg Ltd.1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Manzocchi T,
- Menuge J,
- McDermott F,
- Haughton P
- OTHER GRANTiCRAG PIPCO IndustryPipco Rsg Ltd.1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Max M,
- Menuge J,
- McDermott F,
- Haughton P
- OTHER GRANTiCRAG PIPCO IndustryPipco Rsg Ltd.1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Georgiopoulou A,
- Menuge J,
- McDermott F,
- Haughton P
- OTHER GRANTiCRAG PIPCO IndustryPipco Rsg Ltd.1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Walsh J,
- Menuge J,
- McDermott F,
- Haughton P
- GRANTDevelopment of novel Si-based 'green' insecticides for commercial forestry plantationsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)1 Sep 2010 - 31 Aug 2014People funded by this grant:
- Schmidt O,
- McDermott F