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Dr. John Hegarty
Provost, Trinity College, Dublin
John Hegarty was elected as the 43rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin in August 2001.
Born in County Mayo 1948, he started his College career in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, completing his PhD in Physics in University College Galway. He was a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Research Scientist at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey.
Appointed Professor of Laser Physics in Trinity (1986-2001) and Dean of Research (1995-2000) he was elected as a Fellow of the College. He was Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia USA (1990-95) and Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo and Sony Corporation Japan (1995).
Dr. Hegarty is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the American Physical Society, the American Optical Society, the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.