Arising from her PhD dissertation Dr. Fiona was awarded the Newman Medal for Architectural Acoustics by the Acoutiscal Society of America - the first time this medal has been awarded to a student in an Irish university- and the Stanley Prize for Construction History (awarded by the UK Construction History Society). After the two years post doctoral in Harvard Dr. Fiona will have a third year in TCD Dublin. Fiona's sister Sinead obtained her PhD in psychology in 2005 and her brother Cathal obtained his PhD in 2015, both also past pupils of Scoil Dara.