Education
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry, University of Bristol (1982)
PhD in Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge (1985)

Appointments
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania (1986-1990)
Visiting researcher at A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey (1987)
Visiting researcher at General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York (1988-1989)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Trinity College Dublin (1990)
Lecturer in Science of Materials, Department of Physics, Trinity College Dublin (1991-2004)
Senior Lecturer in Science of Materials, Department of Physics, Trinity College Dublin (2004-present) Responsibilities
Director of Computational Physics Degree Course , Trinity College Dublin (1997-present)

Research Group
Electronic structures of solids by ab initio and model Hamiltonian calculation
Dielectric properties of semiconductors and insulators
Many-body calculations of electronic structures of solids Irish Atomistic Simulators Meetings
These meetings are held annually in December and cycle between Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and NUI Cork.