1. Mary Mulvihill was an Irish scientist, radio television presenter, author and educator.
16 Facts About Mary Mulvihill
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Mary Mulvihill founded and served as the first chairperson of Women in Technology and Science, and is viewed as a pioneer of science communication in Ireland.
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Mary Mulvihill was featured in Silicon Republic's 100 Top Women in STEM list.
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Mary Mulvihill then went on to complete a master's degree in statistics in 1982 at Trinity.
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Mary Mulvihill later attended Dublin City University to study journalism, earning a diploma in 1988.
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Mary Mulvihill worked primarily as a self-employed freelancer, as a writer, broadcaster, and developing the online resource of Ingenious Ireland with its accompanying walking tours.
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Mary Mulvihill served on the Irish Council for Bioethics, and as a council member of Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland.
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Mary Mulvihill was the creator and host of a number of popular science series for RTE Radio 1 and Lyric FM.
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Mary Mulvihill was an advocate for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, in particular the history and biographies of women involved in STEM.
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Mary Mulvihill founded the group Women in Technology and Science in 1990, and served as the organisation's first chairperson.
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Mary Mulvihill served as the co-editor of Enterprise Ireland's bi-monthly magazine Technology Ireland.
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Mary Mulvihill was a regular contributor to The Irish Times.
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Mary Mulvihill wrote a number of books, and edited two volumes of historical biographies of women in STEM for WITS.
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Mary Mulvihill was a blogger, and was involved in Silicon Republic's Women Invent initiative and curated their list of Ireland's Greatest Women Inventors, in which younger people were encouraged to vote for their favourite.
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For 15 years Mary Mulvihill published a science communications email newsletter which in 2008 she titled Science@Culture Bulletin.
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In 2016 the family and friends of Mary Mulvihill established the Mary Mulvihill Memorial Award to commemorate her work in science journalism and science communication.