Speaker Series: Dr Rachel Quinlan

When: Tuesday December 1st 2020
Where: Link here

Our next Speaker Series guest is Rachel Quinlan! 

Rachel studied Mathematics at University College Galway in the 1990s before going to Canada to do a PhD. 

She returned to Ireland in 2000 and worked as a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at UCD for five years before joining the staff of NUI Galway in 2005. 

She has been Head of the School of Maths at NUI Galway since 2017. 

Her research interests are in algebra and combinatorics. 

She is also involved in the running of a Mathematics Enrichment Programme for interested second level students at NUI Galway, and in Ireland’s participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). She was Ireland’s leader at the 2006 IMO in Slovenia. 

She enjoys kayaking and mathematical origami.

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