Dr Seán Commins

Biography

Having obtained his PhD from Trinity College Dublin in 1999, Dr. Sean Commins was first appointed as Lecturer (2001) and then as Senior Lecturer (2008) in the Department of Psychology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. He has 50 publications in international neuroscience journals such as Brain Research, Hippocampus, European Journal of Neuroscience and Learning & Memory and has presented his work at many international conferences (e.g FENS, EBBS). Dr Commins has attracted funding from a wide variety of sources including Science Foundation of Ireland, Health Research Board of Ireland, the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and also the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr Commins currently has a team of 2 PhD and 1 MSc students and, to date, has graduated 10 PhD students. Finally, Dr. Commins has received numerous including Presidential Early Career Award (2005) in recognition of his research. Finally, he is a committee member of Neuroscience Ireland and currently serving as treasurer.

Research Interest

Psychology