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Marguerite Nyhan

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Marguerite Nyhan

Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-8232
20142026

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Biography

I am Full Professor of Engineering for Sustainability in the School of Engineering & Architecture at the National University of Ireland - University College Cork. I founded and direct my research group, the Nyhan Sustainable Futures Lab, which harnesses new and emerging digital technologies for improving our understanding of the science of sustainable, healthy, liveable and equitable future cities.

I have interdisciplinary expertise in sustainable cities, urban environmental engineering, urban studies, urban analytics, emissions modelling, air quality modelling, population exposure modelling, environmental epidemiological modelling methods and environmental justice. My research has been published in leading academic journals including Nature and Nature Cities.

As lead Principal Investigator, I have been awarded over €7 million in funding for both ground-breaking research and pioneering educational programmes. I am lead PI on the "Environmental Intelligence" research project and the nationally coordinated "Sustainable Futures" project which focuses on research-driven interdisciplinary sustainability education. I established the Sustainable Futures Lab and founded and chair the Sustainable Futures Forum at University College Cork.

I have world-leading international research experience from spending six years working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and the United Nations in the United States. I hold a BEng (1st class honours) from University College Cork and a PhD from Trinity College Dublin during which I was a Fulbright Scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Funding that I have been awarded: 

My Role

Project

Funder

Amount

Lead PI

Environmental Intelligence – Modelling Complex Human-Environment Interactions for Maximising Environmental Health & Equity in Urban Areas (2022-2027)

Research Ireland - Frontiers for the Future

€611,117

Lead PI

Sustainable Futures: Delivering a Low Carbon Future (2020-2026)

Higher Education Authority

€3,900,000

Lead PI

Creative C-Change Phase II - Evaluating the Impact of the Creative Climate Action II Initiative on Climate Change Engagement, Action & Behaviour Change in Ireland (2024-2026)

Irish Government/Creative Ireland/ Department of Culture, Communications & Sport/Department of Climate, Energy & Environment 

€397,624

Lead PI

Creative C-Change Phase I - Analysing the Impact of the Creative Climate Action Initiative on Climate Change Awareness, Engagement and Action in Ireland (2022-2024)

Irish Government/Creative Ireland/ Department of Culture, Communications & Sport/Department of Climate, Energy & Environment

€116,000

Lead PI

Sustainable Futures: Delivering a Low Carbon Future – additional grant (2025-2026)

Higher Education Authority

€650,000

Lead PI

Sustainability in Enterprise: Meeting the Challenges of the Future HCI P1 -phase I (2020-2023)

Higher Education Authority

€900,000

Lead PI

Sustainability in Enterprise: Meeting the Challenges of the Future HCI P1 – phase II (2023-2025)

Higher Education Authority

€527,000

Co-PI

Educating Healthcare Professionals for Climate Change Resilient and Sustainable Healthcare Systems (2023-2027)

Health Research Board

€2,500,000

Co-PI

Construct Innovate - National Construction Technology Centre (Sustainability Pillar Lead & Co-PI) (2022-2026)

Enterprise Ireland

€5,000,000

Lead PI

Smart & Climate Neutral Cities: Emissions Modelling & Spatial Mapping to Inform the 100 Net Zero Cities Initiative (2022-2024)

Cork City Council Climate Action Unit

€50,000

Lead PI

Air, Climate & Energy (ACE): Elucidating the Environmental Health Co-Benefits & Trade-Offs of Climate Action Plan GHG Mitigation Efforts using Air Quality Modelling in Irish Cities (2020-2024)

Science Foundation Ireland/MaREI Centre

€139,150

Lead PI

C-CHANGE - Connecting People to Climate Change Action: Longitudinal Analysis for Informing Participatory Frameworks in the National Dialogue on Climate Action (2020-2022)

Environmental Protection Agency

€100,000

Co-PI

Climate Change in the Republic of Ireland: Societal Impacts and Solutions (CRISIS) (2020-2024)

Environmental Protection Agency

€350,000

Lead PI

Climate Change in the Irish Mind - Literature Review for Yale University (2020)

Environmental Protection Agency

€7,000

Lead PI

Airscapes - Real-time Data Processing & Visualization Software for Air Quality Sensors (2016)

Ericsson Innovation Awards

€15,000

Lead PI

Fulbright Scholarship - Awarded the Fulbright-Environmental Protection Agency Award for Climate Change & Sustainability Development to conduct research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fulbright Ireland

€20,000

PhD

PhD Scholarship

Trinity College Dublin

€80,000

External positions

President, MIT Club of Ireland

Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Member, Young Academy Ireland, Royal Irish Academy

UCC Futures (primary)

  • Sustainability Institute

Other research affiliations

  • UCC Futures - Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

PhD Supervision

  • Available for PhD supervision

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  4. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  6. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  7. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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