Dr Sheila Donegan, founder of Maths Week Ireland, Calmast and chemistry lecturer at WIT, was interviewed by the Irish Times to discuss all things Stem
Director of the Calmast science outreach centre at Waterford Institute of Technology and organiser of Maths Week Ireland
“Like a lot of people in Stem I had a brilliant physics and chemistry teacher for my Leaving Cert, and she really turned me on to science.
“I studied chemistry with microbiology at UCD and then went on to a postgraduate and PhD. I was very lucky to get a chance to study in New York for my doctorate, which was looking at the reactions between molecules and how we can mix different materials, such as oil and water.
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