Irish physicist and academic
John Hegarty (born 1948) is an Irish physicist and academic who served as the 43rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 2001 to 2011.[ 1]
Early life and education
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]
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 a Professor of Laser Physics at Trinity College. Producing over 140 publications, and developing several patents, he was a co-founder of Optronics Ireland and 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]
Before 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] [ 1]
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