Dr. Murphy is a B.E (Civil) graduate and holds a M.(Eng.) Sc. degree in Civil/Offshore Engineering and a Ph.D. in Coastal/Geotechnical Engineering. He is a senior lecturer for Offshore Renewable Energy and Harbour and Coastal Engineering and offshore renewable energy in the School of Engineering, University College Cork. He participates in a large number of EU funded projects and is/was co-ordinator of FP7 LEANWIND, H2020 MaRINET2, H2020 MARINERG-i, H2020 TAOIDE and HE MaRINERGi PP which are all related to advancing the offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector. Jimmy is a CO-PI in the SFI MaREI Centre as well as lead of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF) and the ORE Technology group within UCC/MaREI which consists of up to 25 staff and post graduate students. He supervises PhD and Masters students and has a number of publications in the areas of coastal engineering and offshore renewable energy.

Coastal Processes and Engineering Coastal Erosion and sediment transport Offshore structures Offshore Renewable Energy - wind, wave, tidal and floating solar energy Tank Testing of marine technologies Metocean assessments Wave mechanics, measurement and data analysis Numerical Modelling methods

Harbour and Coastal Engineering Hydrodynamics Wave mechanics Numerical Modelling Flooding Hydraulics Offshore Renewable Energy I have currently responsibility for the following modules CE4015 Environmental Hydraulics CE4020 Environmental Hydrodynamics CE6043 Harbour and Coastal Engineering I also teach half a module for a masters course in the Department of Geography GG6514 Coastal and Marine Systems