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Royal Irish Academy to unveil Dr Maria McNamara鈥檚 portrait

7 Dec 2016

UCC鈥檚 Dr Maria McNamara is one of 12 female academic leaders whose portraits will be the first to hang on the walls of the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. 

The Accenture Women on Walls campaign features individual portraits of the first four women to be admitted to the Academy: Fran莽oise Henry, Phyllis Clinch, Eleanor Knott and Sheila Tinney; alongside a group painting of eight of today鈥檚 leading female scientists.

The finished artworks by Vera Klute and Blaise Smith are the first portraits of female subjects to be featured on the Academy鈥檚 walls in its 230-year history.

The group portrait featuring Dr Maria McNamara, Palaeobiologist, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC, will be unveiled by T谩naiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD at an event this evening (December 7).

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Dr McNamara was involved in the , named Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus.

Read Dr Maria McNamara鈥檚 blog on enhancing the visibility of women in science in Ireland  

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Group Portrait: Recipients of the European Research Council Starter Grants 2012 鈥� 2015

Dr Maria McNamara (UCC)

Professor Sarah McCormack (TCD): Professor McCormack鈥檚 research explores photovoltaic panels which convert solar energy into direct current electricity.

Professor Aoife McLysaght (TCD): Professor McLysaght is one of Ireland鈥檚 leading geneticists and was on the team that analysed the initial sequence of the human genome in 2001. She was also involved in a major discovery about how genes are formed.

Dr Aoife Gowen (UCD): Dr Gowen investigates how contact with water contributes to fouling or degradation of various synthetic materials, including medical sutures, pacemakers and water filters.

Professor Lydia Lynch (Harvard Medical School moving to TCD): Professor Lynch鈥檚 research has found that a type of anti-tumour immune cell protects against obesity and the metabolic syndrome that leads to diabetes.

Professor Debra Laefer (UCD): Professor Laefer鈥檚 research aims to prevent damage to buildings above tunnel excavation, by developing a 3D modelling system that can predict what buildings are most likely to sustain damage during tunnelling.

Professor Emma Teeling (UCD): Professor Teeling is a world authority on bat genetics. She studies bats for insights into human diseases such as blindness and deafness as well as aging.

Professor Catr铆ona Lally (TCD): Professor Lally is the principal investigator on a project focusing on developing a means of early diagnosis of degenerative cardiovascular diseases. These studies are highly relevant to stroke patients and those with vascular disease.

The campaign originated after Accenture executives who had been attending a meeting in the Royal Irish Academy to discuss addressing the gender gap in STEM asked: 鈥淲here are the women?鈥� as they surveyed the hall dominated by male portraits.  

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鈥淭he Accenture Women on Walls campaign was born at that moment,鈥� said Alastair Blair, Country Managing Director, Accenture in Ireland. 鈥淎s part of Accenture鈥檚 commitment to supporting and making female leaders visible, we partnered with the Academy to commission these portraits. We have long been committed to tackling gender inequality and increasing the profile of women within Accenture and throughout the business community. In this centenary year, this initiative was a natural extension of that work. After all, you can鈥檛 be what you can鈥檛 see.鈥�

'Until now, the walls only told one side of the story'

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Laura Mahony, Chief Executive of the Royal Irish Academy said: 鈥淭he Academy wants to create role models to inspire our future generations. The people of Ireland should know of, and be proud of the twelve extraordinary women whose portraits will hang on the walls of Academy House for years to come. We hope that people will come into Academy house to see these portraits and find out about these women and their work.鈥�

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The portraits are available to view by the public at Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, or they can be viewed online at , with the full story of the campaign and background on the academics, scientists and artists.