John Hegarty (academic)

John Hegarty
John Hegarty
	Provost John Hegarty announcing new scholars and fellows on Trinity Monday 2006 in Trinity College Dublin.
43rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin
	In office; 1 August 2001 – 30 July 2011
Preceded by	Thomas Noel Mitchell
Succeeded by	Patrick Prendergast
Personal details
Born	1948; Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland
Spouse	Neasa Ní Chinnéide (m. 1981)
Children	2
Alma mater	Maynooth University (B.Sc., H.Dip.Ed); University of Galway (Ph.D.)

John Hegarty (born 1948) is an Irish physicist and academic who served as the 43rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 2001 to 2011.^[1]

Early life and education

He was born in Claremorris, County Mayo, and was educated locally at St Colman's College. He holds a BSc in Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics/Philosophy from St Patrick's College, Maynooth, a HDipEd also from Maynooth and a PhD from University College Galway.^[1]

Following a postdoctoral stay at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was a research scientist at Bell Labs, New Jersey for six years. He returned to Ireland in 1986 as Professor of Laser Physics in Trinity College. Producing over 140 publications, and developing a number of patents, he was a co-founder of Optronics Ireland and of campus company Eblana Photonics. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.^[1]

Prior to becoming Provost, Hegarty was Dean of Research and Head of the Physics Department.^[1]

Hegarty is married to Neasa Ní Chinnéide, President of the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages,^[2] and they have two children, Cillian and Ciarán.^[1]

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Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Mitchell	Provost of Trinity College Dublin 2001–2011	Succeeded by Patrick Prendergast

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