Ms. Nicola McDonnell

Ms Nicola McDonnell
MSc
Computational Scientist
E-mail: Tel: +353 1 5241608 (ext 37)

Nix joined ICHEC as a Computational Scientist in October, 2010 and works on our PRACE and Technology Transfer activities. Prior to joining ICHEC she studied Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, specialising in Chemistry. After a brief spell as a Marketing Assistant, Nix returned to college to complete an MSc in Computer Science at Queens University, Belfast.

Since then she has worked primarily in industry in Ireland on a varying array of technologies, from middleware to device drivers. In 2002 she returned to her studies, taking a Postgraduate diploma in Computer Games Development at Abertay University, Dundee. This led her to a two year post at the School of Informatics where she employed her 3D graphics and computational geometry experience to developed 3D Brain Atlas for Neurologists. Nix joins us from EPCC, in the University of Edinburgh, where she was a Principal Consultant in the Applications Group. During her four years at EPCC she worked on a wide varies of HPC and Grid related project including TEXT, DEISA, BEinGRID, OGSA-DAI.