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Biography:
Sinéad M. Ryan is an Irish theoretical physicist and professor of Theoretical High Energy Physics at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on high-energy particle physics and the way particles in atoms, such as quarks and gluons, interact with each other.
Ryan began her higher education at University College Cork in Ireland in 1988. She excelled during her undergraduate studies and obtained a first-class honors degree in B.Sc. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she pursued a research M.Sc., which she successfully completed in 1993. In 1996, Ryan obtained her Ph.D. from The University of Edinburgh.
Following the completion of her Ph.D., Ryan joined the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory as a research associate, where she worked from 1996 to 1999. Afterwards, she held various positions at Trinity College Dublin, starting as a Lecturer in High Performance Computing from 1999 to 2000. She then became a Tenured Lecturer from 2000 to 2006, a Senior Lecturer from 2006 to 2012, and finally, a Professor from 2012 to 2016. During this time, she also served as the Head of the School of Mathematics from 2012 to 2016. Since 2016, Ryan has served as the Chair of Theoretical High Energy Physics at Trinity College Dublin.
Throughout her career, Ryan has been actively involved in the academic community. She has served as a journal, grant referee, and institutional reviewer for prestigious publications and funding agencies, including Physical Review D, Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters B, the National Science Foundation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Science and Technology Facilities Council, and the Irish Research Council.
Ryan’s contributions have been recognized by her peers. From 2013 to the present, she has served on the Wilson Prize in Lattice QCD Committee and the International Advisory Committee for the Symposium in Lattice Field Theory at CERN. In 2014, she became a founding academic partner of the Trinity Walton Club. Moreover, Ryan has held prominent leadership positions as the chair of the PANDA Theory Advisory Group since 2016, and as the chair of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee since 2017.
In 2023, Ryan’s achievements were acknowledged when she was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy, a notable recognition in the academic community.
Ryan’s research has been influential in advancing our understanding of fundamental physics. Her work encompasses various areas, including quantum chromodynamics, lattices, particle collisions, and muons. She has published extensively on these topics, with notable publications such as Coupled-channel Dπ, Dη and DsK scattering from lattice QCD and Melting of P wave bottomonium states in the quark-gluon plasma from lattice NRQCD.
Sinéad M. Ryan’s dedication to theoretical high-energy physics and her significant contributions to the field have solidified her reputation as a distinguished physicist and educator. Her work has had a lasting impact on the scientific community, and her achievements continue to inspire aspiring physicists worldwide.
Awards:
– Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2023)