Investigators by Department

CRANN Investigators are drawn from across Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork from multiple disciplines including Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacy and Medicine. Recruited globally and the leaders in their respected fields, they assist in creating the interdisciplinary research environment needed for delivering world class nanoscience research. Short biographies, contact details and overviews of research interests are provided for each CRANN Investigator below.

Professor Stefano Sanvito

Director of CRANN

Professor John Donegan

Deputy director of CRANN

Professor Lorraine Byrne

Executive Director of CRANN

School of Physics School of Chemistry Department of Chemistry, UCC School of Medicine School of Engineering School of Biochemistry and Immunology

School of Physics

Professor J.M.D. Coey

An authority on magnetism and 2011 winner of the RDS/Intel Prize for Nanoscience.

Professor Jonathan Coleman

ERC Starter Grant holder and SFI Researcher of the Year 2011.

Professor Graham Cross

Research interests include nano-indentation and AFM.

Professor John Donegan

Research interests are in nanophotonics.

Professor Martin Hegner

Main focus in nanobiotechnology.

Professor John Pethica

Physical Sciences Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society.

Professor Stefano Sanvito

Director of CRANN and head of the Computational Spintronics Group at TCD.

Professor Igor Shvets

Professor of Applied Physics, Head of School of Physics and successfully spun out 3 companies.

Dr Plamen Stamenov

Research focus on nanomagnetism.

Professor Hongzhou Zhang

Research focus on Helium Ion Microscopy.

Dr Ramesh Babu Padamati

Research focuses on the development of polymer composites.

Professor Mauro Ferreira

Research focuses on the physical properties of nanostructures.

Professor James Lunney

Research focus on photonics.

Professor Iggy McGovern

Research focus is on adsorption on semiconductor surfaces.

Professor Siddarttha Sen

Professor Siddharttha Sen is currently a part time Investigator in CRANN and associated with Trinity College Dublin, School of Physics. He was the former Head of the School of Mathematics in Trinity College Dublin.