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词条 John Hegarty (academic)
释义

  1. Life

     Later academic career 

  2. Personal life

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Other uses|John Hegarty (disambiguation){{!}}John Hegarty}}John Hegarty is an Irish physicist and academic. He 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 University College 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

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. ^Current Provost's Biography. Retrieved on 4 November 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016004425/http://www.tcd.ie/provost/biog/ |date=October 16, 2009 }}
2. ^About Us {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201185012/http://www.eblul.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=33 |date=2009-12-01 }}. European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages. Retrieved on 4 November 2009.

External links

  • Trinity College Dublin
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