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ProfessorJohn O'Connor

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School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science

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  • Professor
    School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science
  • 01 716 6765
  • University College Dublin, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute Belfield Dublin 4

BIO

Professor of Neuroscience, UCD from 2018
Head of Neuroscience, UCD, 2025-2028

Head of Teaching & Learning, SBBS, UCD, 2019-2023
Teaching Excellence Award, College of Science, 2016.
Head of Neuroscience, UCD, 2009-2012.
Associate Dean for Widening Participation, Science, UCD, 2012-2019
Conway Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2010.
Conway Fellow, 2007.
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, NUIM, Maynooth, 2009-2012.
General Secretary, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2004-2011.
President, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Biomedical Sciences Section, 2003-2004.
Coordinator of Conway PRTLI Neuroscience, UCD, 2000-2006.
Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Department of Human Anatomy & Physiology, UCD, 1998-2017.
College Lecturer, Department of Human Anatomy & Physiology, UCD, 1994-1998.
HRB Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Trinity College Dublin, 1991-1993.
Glaxo Post Doctoral Fellowship, The London Hospital and Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, 1989-1991.
PhD in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Trinity College Dublin, 1986-1989.
BA (Mod) in Physiology, Trinity College Dublin, 1981-1985.
Research Links: SBBS Research | Mechanisms of Disease Research in SBBS | Model Organisms Research in SBBS Conway, B.Sc. Neuroscience, long-term potentiation, hippocampus, tumor necrosis factor alpha, glutamate, fast cyclic voltammetry, dopamine release, Royal academy of medicine in Ireland

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS

  • Head of Neuroscience
    University College Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2028
  • Associate Dean Widening Participation
    University College Dublin, College of Science, Dublin, Ireland3 Sep 2012 - 31 Aug 2019

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Head of Teaching & Learning, SBBS
    University College Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2023
  • Professor of Neuroscience
    University College Dublin, SBBS, Dublin, Ireland1 May 2018
  • External Examiner
    University of Bristol, Neuroscience, Bristol, United Kingdom1 Sep 2018 - 31 Aug 2022
  • Adjunct Senior Lecturer
    Maynooth University1 Mar 2010 - 31 Mar 2015
  • Senior Lecturer
    University College Dublin, Physiology, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 1999 - 30 Apr 2018
  • College Lecturer
    University College Dublin, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 1993 - 1 Dec 1998
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Trinity College Dublin, Pharmacology, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 1992 - 1 Sep 1993
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    QMW College, London, England1 May 1989 - 31 Dec 1991

DEGREES

  • BA
    Trinity College Dublin
  • Cert Safety & Health at Work
    University College Dublin
  • PhD
    Trinity College Dublin
  • Prof Cert University Teaching & Learning, Prof Cert University Teaching & Learning
    University College Dublin