John Hegarty | |
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43rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin | |
In office 1 August 2001 –30 July 2011 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Noel Mitchell |
Succeeded by | Patrick Prendergast |
Personal details | |
Born | 1948 Claremorris,County Mayo,Ireland |
Spouse | Neasa NíChinnéide (m. 1981) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Maynooth University (B.Sc.,H.Dip.Ed) University of Galway (Ph.D.) |
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]
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]
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]
Hegarty is married to Neasa NíChinnéide,President of the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, [2] and they have two children,Cillian and Ciarán. [1]
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