Síle Nic Chormaic
orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-2014Experience
1990-1992
M.Sc. Student in Atomic Physics, Maynooth University. Topic: Measurement of the polarisation of Lyman-alpha radiation emitted during electron-H collisions. Supervisor: Prof. Jim Slevin
1992-1994
EU Science Bursary Fellow and PhD Student (dual registration) in Atomic Physics, Maynooth Univesity and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France. Topic: Stern-Gerlach type atom interferometry applied to a beam of metastable hydrogen. Supervisor: Prof. Jacques Robert; Group Leader: Prof. Jacques Baudon. PhD awarded by Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
1995-1996
Lise Meitner Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Topic: Laser cooling and interferometry of Li. Group Leader: Prof. Anton Zeilinger (Nobel Laureate in Physics)
1996-1999
Postdoctoral Reearcher, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Topic: Laser cooling and interferometry of Cs for mineral exploration. Group Leader: Prof. Geoff Opat
1999-2000
Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany. Topic: Atomic fountain and interferometry of Rb. Group Leader: Prof. Ted Haensch (Nobel Laureate in Physics)
2000-2009
Lecturer, Munster Technological University, Ireland. Founded Quantum Optics Group in 2003
2004-2012
Academic Member, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
2006-2012
Lecturer, University College Cork, Ireland
2011-2012
Adjunct Assoc. Professor, OIST Graduate University, Japan
2011-2018
Hon. Assoc. Professor, University KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2012-2016
Assoc. Professor and PI, OIST Graduate University, Japan
2015
Visiting Fellow (1 month), QSciTech, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2016-
Professor and PI, OIST Graduate University, Japan
2017
CNRS Visiting Researcher (1 month), Laboratoire Aimé-Cotton, Université Paris-Sud, France
2018
Visiting Researcher (8 months) Nano-optics and Forces Group, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
2018-2021
Topical Editor, Optics Letters
2019-2021
Hon. Professor, University KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2019
Visiting Researcher (4 months) Nano-optics and Forces Group, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
2020- 2024
Editorial Board, SPIE Advanced Photonics
2020- 2024
Editorial Board, AVS Quantum Science (AQS)
2021-2022
Visiting Professor, LPGP, Paris-Saclay University, France (Dec 2021-March 2022)
2023
Visiting Scholar, Technische Universitaet Chemnitz, Germany (May-September 2023)
2023-2025
SPIE Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member
2023-
Advisory Editorial Board, SPIE Advanced Photonics Nexus
2024-2027
SPIE Membership and Communities Committee Member
Awards
1990
President's Award for Top Undergraduate in Science, The National University of Ireland, Maynooth
1992-1995
EU Science Bursary
1995
Lise Meitner Fellowship, Austrian Science Foundation
2003-2008
Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator Award
2004
Leixlip Town Council Native Non-Resident of the Year Award - In recognition of scientific research achievements
2007-2008
President's Award for Research on Innovative Forms of Teaching and Learning, University College Cork
February 2019
Fellow of the Institute of Physics Ireland and UK
September 2020
Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA)
Participant in Homeward Bound Team 6. Homeward Bound is an initiative aiming to build a global collaboration of 1000 women with STEMM backgrounds, to demonstrate a new model of leadership creating better outcomes for the planet.
2021
Rita R. Colwell Impact Fund Recipient for the Advancement of Women in Science
July 2024
SPIE Senior Member
Síle Nic Chormaic
Professor (FInstP CPhys)
FInstP, CPhys, Fellow Optica, Senior Member SPIE, Member AIP, Member JSAP
Docteur en Physique, Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord, France
MSc (Experimental Physics), The National University of Ireland, Maynooth
BSc (Honours) in Experimental and Mathematical Physics, The National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Research Unit