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Name
Ruth Freeman
Title
Director for Society at Science Foundation Ireland
Bio
Abigail Ruth Freeman is Director for Society at Science Foundation Ireland. Following a department restructure in 2018, she became Director for Science. Prior to her current appointment, she held a series of positions at Science Foundation Ireland, including Director of Innovation, Communications & Education and Director of Programmes, Enterprise and International Affairs, with responsibility for overseeing all Science Foundation Ireland research funding programmes and management of funded awards, as well as the Foundation’s activities in conjunction with industry and international partners. Abigail Ruth Freeman joined Science Foundation Ireland as a Scientific Programme
Manager in November 2006. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked as a researcher at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). She holds PhD and Bachelor degrees in Genetics from TCD, where she was awarded a Trinity scholarship, the Eli Lilly Chemistry Prize and the Roberts Prize for Biology. Ruth’s PhD research, on population genetics in hybrid zones, was funded by a prestigious studentship from the Wellcome Trust and was carried out at TCD and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi.
Manager in November 2006. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked as a researcher at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). She holds PhD and Bachelor degrees in Genetics from TCD, where she was awarded a Trinity scholarship, the Eli Lilly Chemistry Prize and the Roberts Prize for Biology. Ruth’s PhD research, on population genetics in hybrid zones, was funded by a prestigious studentship from the Wellcome Trust and was carried out at TCD and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi.
