Vice President for Research

Contact Details

Title	Director A.B.C.R.F., Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Address	Vice President For Research & Innovation Office of The Vp For Research & Innovation Food Science Building, Block E University College Cork College Road Cork
Telephone:	+353 21 490 1694/2125/3501
Fax:	+353 21 490 1770
Email:	ei.ccu@eriugam.a
Homepage:	Web Page

Biography:

1985                B.Sc. (1st Hons.) at University College Cork

1989                Ph.D. at University College Cork (Prof. M.A. McKervey)

1989                Postdoctoral Associate, Facultes Universitaires, Namur, Belgium(Prof. A. Krief)

1990                Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Exeter, UK (Prof. S.M. Roberts)

1991                College Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University College Cork

1998                Director, B.Sc. programme in The Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds

2002 – date      Director, Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility

2002 – 2004     Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, University College Cork

2003 - date       Member of Governing Body, UCC

2004 – date      Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry - School of Pharmacy and Dept of Chemistry 

2005 – 2007    Head of Department of Chemistry

2009 – 2010    Head of School of Pharmacy

2011 – date      Adjunct Professor, University of Bergen

2011 – date      Vice President for Research & Innovation, UCC

Anita Maguire’s research interests in Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry include:



-   Novel synthetic methodology - incl. the use of diazocarbonyl compounds & 

    organosulfur compounds in synthesis 

-   Asymmetric synthesis - including biocatalysis and transition metal catalysis

-   Design and synthesis of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical applications

-   Crystal engineering



Extensive interaction with the pharmaceutical industry both within Ireland and overseas is a key feature of the research team

Links

·         Office of VP for Research & Innovation

·         ABCRF

·         Department of Chemistry

·         School of Pharmacy 

·         Organic and Pharmaceutical Synthesis Research Team

Current Administrative Experience

2013 – date     Member of Board of Directors, Cork Business Innovation Centre

2012 – date     Member of the board of the Tyndall National Institute

2012 – date     Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry

1999 – date     Member of ACSTI & ICSTI

2011 – 2012    Chair of IRCSET (now IRC) from 2011, member from establishment in

                      2001

2011 – date     Member of the MMI

2009 – date     PCI Standing Committee on Strategy

2010 - 2012    Chair of national consultation process for Horizon 2020

2010 – 2012    EGFSN study Future Skills Requirements of the Pharmaceutical and

                      Biopharmaceutical sector, IUA nominee to the Steering Committee

2008 – 2009    Chair of ASC Talk Force on the Role of PhD’s in the Smart Economy,

                       report published in December 2009

                      http://www.forfas.ie/media/asc091215_role_of_phds.pdf

 

2007 – 2012    Member of the NUI Senate

2006 – 2012    Member of the board of NIBRT

2004 -2009      Member of Royal Irish Academy Chemical and Physical Sciences

                      Committee

2003 – 2012    Elected member of Governing Body for 2 terms.

2001 – 2003    Chairman of ICSTI Task Force on Embedding the Pharmachem Industry

                      in Ireland established November 2001; report published