Education
Donal Manahan was educated at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Wales in Bangor, Wales, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy studying in the laboratory of Dennis J. Crisp.
Donal Manahan was educated at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Wales in Bangor, Wales, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy studying in the laboratory of Dennis J. Crisp.
From 1980 to 1983, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Grover C. Stephens at the University of California at Irvine. Manahan joined faculty at the University of Southern California in Manahan has served as Chairman of the United States National Academy of Science Polar Research Board and he served on the National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation) Decadal Group-Planning Committee for Ocean Sciences (2000). He has also served on National Science Foundation Federal Advisory Committees to the Director from National Science Foundation" General’ s Office of Polar Programs.
Manahan Peak in Antarctica was named in honor of his contributions to research and education on that continent.