Dr. Mary Deasy is the Head of Research & Innovation for Engagement and Impact in TU Dublin supporting researchers to embed engagement at the core of their work, to maximise the societal and policy impact of research outputs, and for ensuring TU Dublin's research contributions are publicised beyond traditional academic boundaries. She has led out on  strategic intiatives such as TU Dublin's CoARA Action Plan and a research project for the Magna Charta Observatory on social responsibility in higher education. She established the TU Dublin process for the designation of research centres in TU Dublin, plays a key role in early career researcher training, and has secured significant funding from national, EU and industry sources. Previously, she managed the Centre of Applied Science for Health, leading an industry-facing R&D group. She is also an active principal investigator in the design of marcomolecules for use in polymers and sensors for environmental and biomedical applications. She joined TU Dublin (formerly IT Tallaght) as an academic in 1993 following five years in research and development roles with Syntex Ireland and at their corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California. She holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Chemistry from University College Cork. Her leadership achievements include securing the first professional accreditation  for the university's DNA & Forensic Analysis degrees, managing the 2009 IT Tallaght Institutional Review, and also its successful PhD-awarding application fo QQl. She is committed to advancing research that is collaborative, multidisciplinary, and socially responsive.

Calixarenes, Sensors, Nanonmaterials, Nanovehicles for Drug Delivery, Polymer Films, Molecularly Imprinted Polymers, GC-MS, Community Engaged Research