Philip Nolan | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Irish |
Known for | Chair of the NPHET Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Director General of Science Foundation Ireland President of Maynooth University |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Thesis | Reflex responses to upper airway negative pressure (2003) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Physiology |
Director General of Science Foundation Ireland | |
In office 16 January 2022 – 28 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mark Ferguson |
Succeeded by | Ciarán Seoighe (acting) |
President of Maynooth University | |
In office August 2011 – October 2021 | |
Preceded by | John G. Hughes |
Succeeded by | Eeva Leinonen |
Philip Nolan was the Director General of Science Foundation Ireland from January 2022 to May 2024. [1] He previously served as the chair of NPHET's Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group from March 2020 to February 2022, [2] [3] president of Maynooth University from August 2011 to October 2021, [4] [5] deputy president of University College Dublin for academic affairs and registrar from 2004 to 2011, [6] and was a medical and surgical intern at St. Vincent's University Hospital from 1991 to 1992.
Nolan was born in Dublin,Ireland. He attended University College Dublin and received a Bachelor of Science degree in physiology in 1988,the primary medical degree in 1991 and Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2003. [7] [8]
Nolan joined the staff of University College Dublin in 1996. He received a UCD President's Research Award in 2000 and a UCD President's Teaching Award in 2002. He served as director of the UCD Conway Institute from 2003 to 2004,at the UCD Health Sciences Centre. [9] Nolan was appointed Deputy President for Academic Affairs and Registrar of University College Dublin in July 2004. [10] He worked with the then president Hugh Brady in the development in undergraduate and graduate education,student administration and information technology services. [9]
On 15 August 2011,Nolan was appointed president of Maynooth University,leaving his position as deputy president of University College Dublin. [11] From March 2020 to February 2022,he served as the chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group on the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland. [2] On 8 March 2021,it was announced that Professor Eeva Leinonen,former Vice-Chancellor of Murdoch University,would succeed Nolan as president of Maynooth University from 1 October 2021. [12]
In May 2021,he was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy. [13]
In October 2021,it was announced that Nolan would become Director General of Science Foundation Ireland in January 2022. [14] It was announced that Nolan would step down as Director General of SFI in May 2024. [15]
Nolan has two daughters. [11]
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