John Hegarty (academic)

For other uses, see John Hegarty.
John Hegarty, accompanied by the Board of Trinity College, Dublin, announcing new scholars and fellows.

John Hegarty was elected 43rd Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland in 2001 for a ten-year term.[1]

Life

He was born in Claremorris, County Mayo, and was educated locally at St Colman's College. He holds a BSc in Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics/Philosophy from St Patrick's College, Maynooth, a HDipEd also from Maynooth and a PhD from National University of Ireland, Galway.[1]

Later academic career

Following a postdoctoral stay at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was a research scientist at Bell Labs, New Jersey for six years. He returned to Ireland in 1986 as Professor of Laser Physics in Trinity College. Producing over 140 publications, and developing a number of patents, he was a co-founder of Optronics Ireland and of campus company Eblana Photonics. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.[1]

Prior to becoming Provost, Hegarty was Dean of Research and Head of the Physics Department.[1]

Personal life

Dr Hegarty is married to Neasa Ní Chinnéide, President of the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages,[2] and they have two children, Cillian and Ciarán.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Current Provost's Biography. Retrieved on 4 November 2009. Archived October 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. About Us. European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages. Retrieved on 4 November 2009.

External links

Academic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Mitchell
Provost of Trinity College, Dublin
2001–2011
Succeeded by
Patrick Prendergast


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, February 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.