2023-2024: Coordinator of the ASCOBANS Species Action Plan for North-East Atlantic Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
2023: Member of the organising committee for ASCOBANS Workshops to recommend small cetacean conservation objectives in relation to anthropogenic removals - Part 1 and Part 2
2022 & 2023: Member of ICES Review Group on Workshop on mitigation measures to minimize bycatch of short-beaked common dolphins in the Bay of Biscay (WKEMBYC2)
2022: Lead author on the external report reviewing the monitoring of PETS bycatch of mammals, birds, turtles and fish for ICES under the service of EC DG Environment
2021: Awarded GMIT President’s Established Researcher Award for Research Excellence and Impact 2020
2021-present: Appointed Year 3 Programme Chair, Bachelor of Science in Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology, ATU, Ireland
2021-2023: Advisory board member DG ENV/MSFD 2020 funded project CetAMBICion (Coordinated Cetacean Assessment, Monitoring and Management Strategy in the Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast sub-region)
2020-present: Irish appointed member of the OSPAR Marine Mammal Expert Group (OMMEG)
2020: Member of the ICES Bycatch Advice Drafting Group concerning emergency measures to prevent bycatch of NE Atlantic common dolphin and Baltic harbour porpoise
2020: Chair of ICES Review Group on Workshop on fisheries Emergency Measures to minimize BYCatch of short-beaked common dolphins in the Bay of Biscay and harbour porpoise in the Baltic Sea
2019: Member of ICES Advice Drafting Group on Management of Harp and Hooded Seal Stocks in the Northeast
2019: Chair of ICES Review Group on Management of the Harp and Hooded Seal Stocks in the Northeast
2019-present: Co-chair of the Agreement of on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS) Common Dolphin Species Action Plan Steering Group
2019-present: Member of the ASCOBANS Marine Debris Working Group
2019-present: Member of the ACCOBAMS-ASCOBANS Joint Bycatch Working Group
2019-present: Member of the ASCOBANS Resource Depletion Working Group
2018: Member of the Joint IMR/NAMMCO Harbour Porpoise Workshop Steering Group
2016: Member of the ICES Review Group on Harp and Hooded Seals
2016-present: Irish appointed member of the ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME)
2016-present: Member of the Mediterranean Common Dolphin Working Group
2015-2018: Chair of the Steering Committee developing an ASCOBANS Conservation Plan for Common Dolphins in the North-east Atlantic
2014-present: Member of the Steering Committee for the ASCOBANS workshop on 'Further development of Management Procedures for defining thresholds of ‘Unacceptable Interactions’ – Part II'
2013–present: Co-chair of the Joint ACCOBAMS/ASCOBANS Working Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
2013: Member of the ICES Review Group on Harp and Hooded Seals
2012–present: Member of the ASCOBANS North Sea Study Group overseeing the implementation of the ASCOBANS Conservation Plan for Harbour Porpoises in the North Sea
2012-2018: Member of the ASCOBANS Bycatch Working Group
2011–2014: Honorary Senior Research Associate, University College London, UK
2011–2014: Member of the Marie Curie Fellowship Association
2011: Awarded an ICES Service Award
2010: International Visiting Research Fellow Massey University, New Zealand
2010–2013: Honorary Research Fellow, University of St Andrews, UK
2009-2011: Chair of the ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology
2009: UK delegate to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee
2009-2010: Member of ICES Advice Drafting Groups
2005-2015: UK appointed member of the ICES WGMME