
Prof. Sarah Gleeson
Centre Director
Professor Sarah A. Gleeson is Director of iCRAG, Research Ireland Professor at University College Dublin, and Full Professor in Sustainability Geoscience at the UCD School of Earth Sciences. Sarah has built globally recognised research programmes in Economic Geology, has published 104 peer reviewed journal and conference papers, and has won several prestigious awards. This includes the Lindgren Award from the Society of Economic Geologists and several prominent lecture tours (e.g., Society of Economic Geologists’ Thayer Lindsley Travelling Lecturer in 2019, Distinguished Lecturer of the European Association of Geochemistry 2024-2025). In 2023, Prof. Gleeson was elected to the membership of Academia Europaea, an organisation which promotes European research, advises governments and international organisations in scientific matters. Throughout her career the main focus of her research has been on the genesis and detection of base metal mineral deposits in sedimentary basins. She has carr