IPPOG
Members
Ireland
Intro
In Ireland, promoting curiosity, creativity and critical thinking through fundamental physics is an important part of our scientific and educational mission. The Irish particle physics and cosmology community is actively engaged in introducing students, teachers and the wider public to the wonders of the Universe - from the smallest building blocks of matter to the evolution of the cosmos.
Outreach and education activities are coordinated through universities, research institutes, and collaborative national efforts, with support from organisations such as the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Research Ireland, and the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC). These activities include school visits, physics Masterclasses, public lectures, science festivals, exhibitions, online resources, and engagement with teachers through professional development workshops.
Ireland has joined CERN in 2025, marking a new era of participation in international scientific discovery and collaboration. As part of this momentum, we aim to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, promote scientific literacy, and foster an appreciation for the role of fundamental research in society.
Our goal: to make particle physics accessible, engaging, and meaningful to all.
Details
JOINED: 2016
CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER
In Éirinn, is cuid thábhachtach dár misean eolaíoch agus oideachasúil é fiosracht, cruthaitheacht agus smaointeoireacht chriticiúil a chothú trí fhisic bhunúsach. Tá pobal na fisice cáithníní agus na cosmeolaíochta in Éirinn gníomhach i dtabhairt isteach na hiontais a bhaineann leis an gCruinne do dhaltaí, do mhúinteoirí agus don phobal i gcoitinne - ó na bloic thógála is lú de dhamhna go héabhlóid na cruinne.
Tá gníomhaíochtaí for-rochtana agus oideachais á gcomhordú trí ollscoileanna, institiúidí taighde, agus iarrachtaí comhoibríocha náisiúnta, le tacaíocht ó eagraíochtaí ar nós Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath (DIAS), Taighde Éireann, agus an tIonad Náisiúnta Ríomhaireachta Ardfheidhmíochta (ICHEC). Áirítear leis na gníomhaíochtaí seo cuairteanna ar scoileanna, Máistir-Ranganna fisice, léachtaí poiblí, féilte eolaíochta, taispeántais, acmhainní ar líne, agus rannpháirtíocht le múinteoirí trí cheardlanna forbartha gairmiúla.
Chuaigh Éire isteach i CERN sa bhliain 2025, rud a léiríonn ré nua de rannpháirtíocht i bhfionnachtain eolaíoch idirnáisiúnta agus i gcomhoibriú eolaíoch. Mar chuid den tsreabhadh nua seo, tá sé mar aidhm againn an chéad ghlúin eile d’eolaithe agus d’innealtóirí a spreagadh, litearthacht eolaíochta a chur chun cinn, agus meas a chothú ar ról na taighde bunúsaí sa tsochaí.
Ár gcuspóir: fisic cháithníní a dhéanamh inrochtana, tarraingteach agus ábhartha do chách.
Representative
Lecturer in Mathematical Physics
Department of Mathematical Physics NUI, Maynooth County Kildare IRELAND
Jonivar Skullerud
Jonivar studied physics and philosophy at the University of Trondheim, Norway, culminating in a dissertation on the philosophy of quantum field theory. He went on to do his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in lattice QCD. After postdoctoral positions in Adelaide, DESY (Hamburg), Amsterdam and Trinity College Dublin he joined the Mathematical Physics department at the National University of Ireland Maynooth as a lecturer in 2007. His main current research interests are in QCD and QCD-like theories at extremes of temperature and density, and non-perturbative quark and gluon correlation functions. Jonivar helped organise Ireland's first Particle Physics Masterclasses and public events at the Euroscience Open Forum in 2012, and joined IPPOG as Ireland's representative in 2012.
