72 new scholars have been announced by the provost this morning, kicking off Trinity Monday celebrations for 2025.
There were scenes of both celebration and disappointment in Front Square as Provost Linda Doyle read the names of successful candidates from the steps of the Exam Hall.
The number of new scholars has remained consistent with last year, when 72 were also announced, an increase of 11 from 2023.
In addition to scholars, Doyle named 37 new fellows from among the university’s academic staff, as well as eight professorial fellows and two honorary fellows.
“On behalf of the Trinity community, I offer my warmest congratulations to everyone who has been elected to fellowship and scholarship,” Doyle said.
“These are fantastic academic achievements and the new fellows and scholars deserve to feel very proud today.”
“I also want to commend everyone who sat the ‘schols’ exams and everyone who put their name forward for Fellowship. That commitment and courage reflect the very best of our community.”
Comhghairdeas ó chroí libh.”
Touted as the most prestigious undergraduate award in the country, “schols” comes with a range of benefits: scholars receive free tuition (or a fee reduction equivalent to the rate paid by EU students), free College accommodation, and can dine for free at Commons every weekday.
Dr Kerry Houston, who has been director of chapel music in College since 1987, and Professor Ed Hawkins, deputy director of the Climate + Co-Centre, were elected to honorary fellowship.
The staff members elected fellows are Alessio Benavoli, Goetz Botterweck, Melanie Bouroche, Aibhín Bray, John Bosco Conama, Gavin Davey, Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha, John Dinsmore, Gemma Donnelly-Cox, Jude Lal Fernando, Breiffni Fitzgerald, Geraldine Foley, Nathan Hill, Patrick Houlihan, Mary Hughes, Ashish Kumar Jha, Eva Jimenez-Mateos, David Lewis, Andrew Loxley, Ronan Lyons, Daniel Malan, Catherine McCabe, Simone McCaughren, Andrea Mulligan, Gavin Murphy, Susan P. Murphy, John Murray, Erika Piazzoli, Ioannis Polyzois, Julie Regan, Evangelia Rigaki, Wladislaw Rivkin, Davide Romelli, Cristin Ryan, Michael Stock, Frédérique Vallières, Tom Walker.
Professor John Kelleher, Professor Gerard Hanna, Professor Karen Wiltshire, Professor Susanna Benseler, Professor of Paediatrics, Professor Taha Yasseri, Professor Holger Claussen, Professor Blanaid Daly and Professor Padhraig Fleming were made professorial fellows at the ceremony.
The new scholars announced today are, in alphabetical order of degree programme:
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Nadja Deininger
Philip McGealy
Lynne Sherlock
Eli Somers
Jacob Whiteman Salmeron
Perin Winders
Chemical Sciences
Fintan Byrne
Alicia Cichocka
Isabelle Clarke
Children’s and General Nursing
Sophie Baker
Nicole O’Donovan
Classical Languages and Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations
Jack Mulvihill
Clinical Speech and Language Studies
Rebecca Kehoe-Fitzpatrick
Computer Science
Alexander Robertson
Arnav Sanghi
Hong Shen
Colin Simon-Fellowes
William Sunderland
Dental Science
Marwan Elmahgoub
Economic and Social Studies
Malachy McKenna
Engineering
Paula Brüdrich
Guru Chappalle
Benjamin Keogh
Cathal O’Sullivan
Pratyush Shukla
English Literature and History
Gavin Jennings
Emily O’Sullivan
English Literature and History of Art and Architecture
Tomasz Balcerkiewicz
English Studies
Anna Domownik
Isabel Norman
European Studies
Orla Peppard
Film Studies and Music
Tirzah Hutchinson-Edgar
Geography and Geoscience
Ava Hagan
Global Business
Sean Treacy
Roisin Tully
Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Joint Degree)
Amy Shiel
Law
Matilde Iemma
Robyn Kell
Tara Kilgallen
Holly McGuinness
Danielle Power
Law and Business
Bhadra Panicker
Law and German
Meadhbh Nolan
Law and History
Nóra Collins
Law and Political Science
Ben Kieran-Glennon
John Lonergan
Medicine
Sona Burianova
Daniel Cunningham
Sanya Dalal
EI Htoo
Jan Kycia
Jordan Torbay
Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations and History
Mykyta Artemenko
Midwifery
Estella Marlowe
Music Education
Scarlett Wilmot
Nursing
Ciara Duffy
Lynne Dunne
Kaci O’Neill
Kyna Rock Kelly
Pharmacy
Sarah Byrne
Anna Morris
Philosophy
Margherita Gagliardi
Anand Shukla-Parekh
Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology
Aaron Clarke Tighe
Rameen Fatima
James Ryan
Physical Sciences
Isobel McSweeney
Political Science and Social Policy
Abhainn O’Baoill-Coyle
Bohuslav Vrba
Psychology
Martha Cox
Colin Harper
Theoretical Physics
Artem Tarasenko
