Vincent McBrierty
Vincent Joseph McBrierty (born 1949) is an Irish academic, author, educator, physicist, and researcher.
Career[edit]
An alumnus of St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast, he attended Queen's University Belfast where he read Physics and graduated as a BSc (Hons). He then undertook postgraduate research at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London from 1964, taking a PhD on the subject of nitrogen oxides.[1]
In 1976, McBrierty joined Trinity College Dublin where he remained throughout his academic career rising to the position of Professor of Physics. He received an Hon ScD from TCD in 1979[2] and was awarded the title of Fellow Emeritus on his retirement.[3] McBrierty was the first Catholic on the academic staff in the Department of Physics at TCD, where he served as a Professor, Dean, and Bursar.
Research[edit]
McBrierty specializes in Irrigation and Water Management as too Soil and Environmental Sciences.
Publications[edit]
McBrierty, V.J., & O'Hanlon, G. The World in Crisis: the Response of the Church, The Furrow, Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2012), pp. 391–400.[4]
Honours and awards[edit]
- Knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[5][6]
- Member, Royal Irish Academy (1983)
References[edit]
- ^ McBrierty, Vincent (1964). The electron spin resonance study of the interaction between the polymethacrylates and the nitrogen oxides. London: University of London.
- ^ McBrierty, Vincent (1985). Published research papers. ScD thesis. Dublin: Trinity College. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Vincent Mc Brierty: School of Physics – Trinity College Dublin". Tcd.ie. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ Vincent McBrierty; Gerry O'Hanlon (September 2012). "The World in Crisis: the Response of the Church". The Furrow. 63 (9): 391–400. JSTOR 41709039.
- ^ "Vincent McBrierty". Papalorders.ie. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Constantinian Knight Prof Vincent McBrierty talks on The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with One another – Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
External links[edit]
- Profile, holysepulchre.ie; accessed 13 November 2016.
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