Dr Michael Semmens is a Fulbright Scholar Awardee from the University of Minnesota. He will research the development of low energy membrane-based wastewater treatment technology while at University College Dublin.

Dr Nancy Stenson is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She will be based in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin, where she will teach a course on Language Endangerment and Death and will participate in research focused on improving literacy among English speakers who are learning Irish.