ProfessorMary Kelly-Quinn

Current Position: Professor of Aquatic Ecology, School of Biology & Environmnetal Science, University College Dublin.  Overseas Fellow of the Freshwater Biological Association and Chair of the European Federation for Freshwater Sciences

Director Science Graduate School 2011-2014, Director Aquens Ltd. (Campus Company) P.I. - Freshwater Biodiversity, Ecology and Fisheries Research Group
My primary research activities focus on the assessment of land-use and other anthropogenic activities on the hydrochemical and ecological quality of surface waters. I have completed studies on the aquatic habitats of peatlands, agricultural, upland, urban and forested landscapes as well as canals and constructed wetlands. My research group has also maintained a strength in fisheries studies, working in close collaboration with Inland Fisheries Ireland on a variety of species and systems. Further afield I have collaborating with Operation Wallacea to develop a water quality biotic index for the Merendon Mountains region of Honduras and with the University of Addis Ababa