John Hegarty

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

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 National University of Ireland, Maynooth, a HDipEd also from Maynooth and a PhD from National University of Ireland, Galway.

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 American Optical Society, the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

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

Personal life

Hegarty lives in Dublin. He has one son, Ciaran.

External links

* [http://www.tcd.ie/ Trinity College, Dublin]