Physics Staff at Trinity College Dublin: A Historical and Academic Record
This table presents a comprehensive record of academic staff in the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin, spanning from the 19th century to the present day. It includes details such as names, years of service, academic titles, degrees, and references. The list highlights the evolution of the department and the distinguished individuals who have contributed to its legacy.
| Century | Name | Duration | Most Senior Position | Degrees | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th Century | George Francis FitzGerald FRS | 1881-1901 | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy | M.A.; SC.D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Francis_FitzGerald |
| 19th Century | William E. Thrift | 1897-1929 | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy | M.A. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thrift |
| 19th Century | Frederick T. Touton FRS | 1897-1902 | Lecturer in Experimental Physics | SC.D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thomas_Trouton |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Joseph Rogerson Cotter | 1901-1913 | Assistant | M.A. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | James T. Jackson | 1901-1909 | Assistant | M.A. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Harry Thrift | 1909-1939 | Lecturer in Experimental Physics | B.A.; M.A. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Thrift |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Horace Hewitt Poole | 1910-1922 | Assistant | B.A.; M.A.; SC.B.; SC.D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Hewitt_Poole_-_Physicist |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | John Hewitt Jellett Poole | 1915-1963 | Professor of Geophysics | B.A.; M.A; SC.D. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Robert William Ditchburn FRS | 1929-1946 | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy | B.SC (LIVERPOOL); M.A. (DUBL., CANTAB.); PH.D. (CANTAB.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ditchburn |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton | 1935-1974 | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy | D.SC. (h.c. Q.U.B.); M.A.; M.SC.; PH.D. (CANTAB.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Walton |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Aleyn Hunter Gregg | 1939-1946 | Lecturer in Experimental Physics | B.A.; PH.D., (Q.U.B.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | James Garrett Yates | 1939-1946 | Assistant | B.A. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Declan Maolmhuire Larkin | 1946-1948 | Lecturer in Experimental Physics | M.SC., (N.U.I.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Cyril Francis George Delaney | 1947-1988 | Professor of Experimental Physics | B.A.; B.SC. (3); C.PHYS.; F.INST.P.; M.A.; M.R.I.A.; PH.D. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Emily Joyce Power-Steele | 1947-1953 | Assistant | M.SC. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (pre-1950) | Robert Blair Elliot | 1948-1990 | Senior Lecturer in Physics | B.A.; B.SC.; C.PHYS; M.INST.P.; M.SC. (BIRM.); M.SC. (BIRMINGHAM) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Ian Ross McAulay | 1962-2001 | Senior Lecturer in Physics | B.A.; C.PHYS; M.A.; M.INST.P.; PH.D. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Vincent Joseph McBrierty | 1967-2006 | Professor of Polymer Physics | B.SC. (BELF.); C.PHYS; F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (1971); M.A.; M.R.I.A.; PH.D. (LOND.); SC.D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_McBrierty |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | David Stanley Walton | 1971-1974 | Junior Lecturer in Physics | B.SC. (N'CLE (U.K.)) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Eric Charles Finch | 1972-2012 | Senior Lecturer in Physics | C.PHYS.; C.SCI.; D.PHIL. (OXON.); F.INST.P.; M.A. (DUBL., OXON.); M.A. (OXON.); M.I.P. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Robert Charles Barklie | 1974-2007 | Senior Lecturer in Physics | B.A.; C.PHYS; F.T.C.D. (1993); M.INST.P.; PH.D. (CANTAB) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Brian Henderson | 1974-1983 | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy | B.SC. (BIRM.); PH.D. (BIRM.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Raymond Louis Marchand | 1974-1975 | Junior Lecturer in Physics | B.A. (TOURS); M.A. (ILL.); PH.D. (ILL.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Stewart Edward Barnes | 1975-1977 | Lecturer in Experimental Physics | B.SC. (LOND.); D.I.C.; PH.D. (CALIF.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Daniel Oliver O'Connell | 1975-1989 | Lecturer in Physics | C.PHYS; M.INST.P.; M.SC. (N.U.I.); PH.D. (STIR.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | John Finlay McGilp | 1977-2019 | Professor of Surface and Interface Optics | C.PHYS; F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (1991); M.A. (DUBL., OXON); M.INST.P; M.R.I.A.; PH.D. (LIV.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | John Michael David Coey FRS | 1978-2025 | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Professor of Experimental Physics | B.A.(CANTAB.); B.A. (CANTAB.); C.PHYS.; DIPLÔME D'HABILITATION (GRENOBLE); DIPLÔME D'HABILITATION...; DOCTEUR (h.c. GRENOBLE); DOCTEUR (h.c. GRENOBLE, LE MANS); F.INST.P.; F.R.S.; F.T.C.D. (1980); FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; M.INST.P.; M.R.I.A.; PH.D.(MANIT.); PH.D. (MANIT.); SC.D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coey |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Daniel Joseph Bradley FRS | 1980-1985 | Professor of Optical Electronics | B.SC (LOND.); F.R.S.; PH.D. (LOND.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Joseph_Bradley |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | William John Fitzgerald | 1980-1980 | Lecturer in Physics | B.SC. (BIRM.); M.INST.P.; M.SC. (BIRM.); PH.D. (BIRM.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | James Gerard Lunney | 1980-2018 | Professor in Physics | B.SC. (BELF.); C.PHYS; F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (1992); M.A.; M.INST.P.; M.R.I.A.; PH.D. (BELF.) | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Werner Josef Blau | 1983-2022 | Professor of Physics of Advanced Materials | C.PHYS; DIPL. PHYS (REGENSBURG.); DIPL. PHYS. (REGENSBURG); DR. RER. NAT. (REGENSBURG); F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (1988); M.A.; M.R.I.A.; S.F.T.C.D. (1988); SC.D. | Finch, Eric (2016) Three Centuries of Physics in Trinity College Dublin / TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Denis Lawrence Weaire FRS | 1984-2007 | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy | B.A. (CANTAB.); C.PHYS.; DOUTOR (h.c. T.U. LISBON); F.INST.P.; F.INSTP.P.; F.R.S.; F.T.C.D. (1987); M.A. (CANTAB.); M.A.E.; M.R.I.A.; PH.D. (CANTAB.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Weaire |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Sara Margaret McMurry | 1985-2007 | Senior Lecturer in Physics | B.SC. (LOND.); C.PHYS; D.PHIL. (OXON.); M.A.; M.INST.P. | TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | John Hegarty | 1986-2007 | Professor of Laser Physics | B.SC (N.U.I.); C.PHYS.; F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (1989); M.R.I.A.; M.SC. (N.U.I.); PH.D. (N.U.I.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hegarty_(academic) |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | John Francis Donegan | 1989-Present | Professor of Physics and Applications of Light | B.SC. (N.U.I.); C.PHYS.; F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (2000); M.A.; M.SC. (N.U.I.); M.SC. (N.U.I.).; PH.D. (N.U.I.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donegan |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Charles Hubert Patterson | 1990-Present | Associate Professor in Physics of Advanced Materials | B.SC. (BRIST.); C.PHYS.; F.T.C.D. (2000); M.A.; M.INST.P.; PH.D. (CANTAB.) | TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Igor Vasilievich Shvets | 1990-Present | Professor of Applied Physics | F.T.C.D. (1999); M.A.; M.SC. & PH.D. (MOSCOW PHYSICAL-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE); M.SC. & PH.D. (MOSCOW PHYSICO-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE); M.SC. (M.I.P.T.); PH.D. (M.I.P.T.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Shvets |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Ignatius Thomas McGovern | 1992-2013 | Professor in Physics | B.SC. (BELF.); C.PHYS.; F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (1990); M.A.; M.INST.P.; PH.D. (BELF.) | TCD Calendars |
| 20th Century (post-1950) | Eithne Mary McCabe | 1992-2015 | Professor in Physics | B.E. (N.U.I); C.PHYS.; D.PHIL. (OXON.); F.INST.P.; F.T.C.D. (1999); M.A. (OXON.); M.INST.P. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Stefan Hutzler | 2000-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | C.PHYS.; DIPL. PHYS. (REGENSBURG); F.T.C.D. (2007); M.A.; M.INST.P.; PH.D. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Valerie Barron | 2000-2004 | Lecturer in Physics | B.SC. (LIMERICK); PH.D. (LIMERICK) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Jonathan Nesbit Coleman FRS | 2001-Present | Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy; Professor of Chemical Physics; | B.A.; F.T.C.D. (2005); M.R.I.A.; PH.D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Coleman_(physicist) |
| 21st Century | Ann Louise Bradley | 2001-Present | Professor of Photonics | B.SC. (N.U.I.); C.PHYS.; F.T.C.D. (2009); M.INST.P.; M.SC.; PH.D. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Brian Russell Espey | 2004-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | B.A.; F.R.A.S.; M.A.A.S.; M.A.S.G.I.; M.A.S.P.; M.I.A.U.; PH.D. (CANTAB.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Peter David Nellist FRS | 2004-2022 | Lecturer in Physics | M.A. (CANTAB.); PH.D. (CANTAB.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nellist |
| 21st Century | Mauro Ferreira | 2004-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | B.SC. (U.F. FLUMINENSE); F.T.C.D. (2010); M.SC. (U.F. FLUMINENSE); PH.D. (LOND.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Cormac McGuinness | 2004-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | B.SC. (N.U.I.); PH.D. (N.U.I.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Peter Gallagher | 2006-2018 | Professor in Physics | B.SC. (N.U.I.); M.SC. (BELF.); PH.D. (BELF.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._Gallagher |
| 21st Century | Stefano Sanvito | 2006-Present | Professor of Condensed Matter Theory | CAV. DELL'ORDINE DELLA STELLA D'ITALIA; F.T.C.D. (2006); LAUREA (MILAN); M.R.I.A.; PH.D. (LANC.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Sanvito |
| 21st Century | Martin Hegner | 2007-Present | Professor in Physics | DIPLOM (ETH ZÜRICH); F.T.C.D. (2011); M.A.; M.SC. (ETH ZÜRICH); PH.D. (ETH ZÜRICH) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Vincent Laurence Weldon | 2008-2011 | Lecturer in Physics | B.SC. (LOND.); M.SC.; P.G.DIP. STATS; PH.D. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Graham Cross | 2008-Present | Professor in Physics | B.SC. (VIC. (B.C.)); F.T.C.D. (2013); M.SC. (MCG.); PH.D. (MCG.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Graham Harper | 2009-2015 | Lecturer in Physics | B.SC. (DURH.); D.PHIL. (OXON.); M.A. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Vojislav Krstić | 2009-2014 | Assistant Professor in Physics | DIPLOM (HEIDEL.); DR.PHIL. (STUTTGART) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Matthias Möbius | 2009-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | F.T.C.D. (2023); M.A.; M.SC. (LOND.); PH.D. (CHIC.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Hongzhou Zhang | 2009-Present | Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Lecturer in Physics | B.SC. (PEKING); M.SC. (PEKING); PH.D. (RICE) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Paul Roger Eastham | 2012-Present | Professor in Physics | F.T.C.D. (2022); M.PHYS. (OXON.); PH.D. (CANTAB.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Valeria Nicolosi | 2012-2019 | Professor of Nanomaterials and Advanced Microscopy | F.T.C.D. (2017); LAUREA (CATANIA); PH.D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeria_Nicolosi |
| 21st Century | John Bernard Pethica FRS | 2012-2018 | Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Professor in Physics | B.A. (CANTAB.); F.R.ENG.; F.R.S.; HON. F.T.C.D.; M.R.I.A.; PH.D. (CANTAB.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pethica |
| 21st Century | Plamen Stamenov | 2012-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | B.SC. (SOFIA); F.T.C.D. (2020); PH.D. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | David D. O'Regan | 2014 - Present | Professor In Physics | B.SC. (UCC); PH.D.(CANTAB) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O%27Regan |
| 21st Century | Jose Groh de Castro Moura | 2016-2022 | Assistant Professor in Physics | B.A. (SAO PAULO); PH.D. (SAO PAULO) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Aline Vidotto | 2016-2021 | Associate Professor in Physics | B.A. (SAO PAULO); M.SC. (SAO PAULO); PH.D. (SAO PAULO) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Stephen Dooley | 2016 - Present | Assistant Professor in Physics | B.SC. PH.D. (NUI) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Lewys Jones | 2017-Present | Associate Professor in Ultramicroscopy | D.PHIL. (OXON.); M.A.; M.ENG. (OXON.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | David McCloskey | 2017-Present | Associate Professor in Science of Energy and Energy Systems | B.A.; P.G.DIP. STATS; PH.D. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | John Goold | 2018-Present | Professor in Physics | B.SC. (N.U.I.); F.T.C.D. (2022); PH.D. (N.U.I.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Arlene Gallagher | 2019-Present | Assistant Professor in Physics | B.SC. (D.C.U.); PH.D. | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Neale Gibson | 2019-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | F.T.C.D. (2024); M.SC. (BELF.); PH.D. (BELF.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Kate Maguire | 2019-Present | Professor in Physics | B.SC. (N.U.I.); F.T.C.D. (2024); PH.D. (BELF.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Ortwin Hess | 2020-Present | Professor of Quantum Nanophotonics | B.SC. (ERLANGEN); DIPL. PHYS. (T.U. BERLIN); DR. RER. NAT. (T.U. BERLIN); F.T.C.D. (2021); HABIL. (STUTTGART); M.R.I.A. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortwin_Hess |
| 21st Century | Felix Binder | 2022-Present | Assistant Professor in Physics | B.SC. (MUNICH); D.PHIL. (OXON.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Evan Keane | 2022-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | B.SC. (N.U.I.); M.A. (CANTAB.); PH.D. (MANC.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Alessandro Lunghi | 2022-Present | Assistant Professor in Physics | B.SC. (FLORENCE); M.SC. (FLORENCE); PH.D. (FLORENCE) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Luca Matra | 2022-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | B.A.; PH.D. (CANTAB.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Mark Thomas Mitchison | 2022-2025 | Assistant Professor in Physics | M.PHYS. (LEEDS); M.RES. (I.C.L.); PH.D. (I.C.L.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Johanna Maria Katherine Vos | 2023-Present | Associate Professor in Physics | B.A.; PH.D. (EDIN.) | TCD Calendars |
| 21st Century | Federica Surace | 2025-Present | Assistant Professor in Physics | B.A.; M.SC (PISA); PH.D. (Trieste) | TCD Calendars |