Members Directory
680 members found
Professor Diane Negra
BA(Guilford College 1988), MA(North Carolina 1991), PhD(Texas 1996)
Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture and Head of Film Studies, University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Film, Media And Visual Studies
Elected in 2016
Professor Máirín Nic Eoin
BA, HDipEd, MA, PhD(NUI 1978, 1979, 1981, 1996)
Emerita Professor of Irish, Dublin City University
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Irish Language, Literary And Cultural Studies
Elected in 2016
Professor Brian Norton
BSc(Nottm 1977), MSc(Cranfield 1979), PhD(Cranfield 1983), DSc(Nottm 1993)
Principal, City Campus, TU Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Engineering And Material Sciences
Elected in 2016
Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary for P&IR 2020-24
Professor Brendan O’Leary
BA(Oxon 1981), MA(UPenn), PhD(LSE)
Lauder Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Honorary Member, PL&A
Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences
Elected in 2016
Professor Sir Stephen Patrick O’Rahilly
MBBChBAO(NUI 1981), MD(NUI 1987), MRCPI, MRCP(1984), DSc(hc Dubl 2008, Warwick 2009, Buckingham 2013
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge
Honorary Member, Science
Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)
Elected in 2016
Professor Geoffrey Roberts
BSc, PhD
Professor of History, University College Cork
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2016
Professor Stefano Sanvito
MSc(Milan 1994), PhD(Lancaster 1999). FTCD
Professor of Condensed Matter Theory and Director of CRANN, Trinity College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Elected in 2016
Professor Emma Teeling
BSc(NUI 1995), MSc(Edin 1996), PhD(QUB 2001)
Professor, University College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2016
Professor Anthony Patrick McElligott
BA(Essex 1981), PhD(Manchester 1991)
Professor of History, University of Limerick
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2015
Mr Martin Naughton
hc(Notre Dame, NUI, Dubl, QUB, UU, Griffith College Dublin)
Company President, Glen Dimplex
Member, Science
Discipline: Engineering And Material Sciences
Elected in 2015
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse
BSc(Birmingham 1970), PhD(East Anglia 1973). FRS, Kt
Director, Francis Crick Institute
Honorary Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2015
Professor Ian Michael O’Donnell
MA(Dubl 1988), MPhil(Cantab 1989), PhD(London 1992), MA(Oxon 1993), LLD(NUI 2005), LLD(Cantab 2023)
Professor of Criminology, University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Law
Elected in 2015
Lord David Puttnam
Honorary Doctorate(Griffiths University, Open University, Sunderland, Greenwich, Middlesex, Brunel a
Director, Atticus Education
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Education
Elected in 2015
Professor Louise Mary Richardson
BA(Dubl 1980), MA(UCLA 1981, Harvard 1984), PhD(Harvard 1989), Doctorate(hc MGIMO). FRSE
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Carnegie Corp
Honorary Member, PL&A
Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences
Elected in 2015
Professor Bernadette Whelan
BA(NUI 1981), MA(NUI 1984), PhD(NUI 1989)
Associate Professor, University of Limerick
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2015
Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2017-18, VP 2018-19
Professor Clair Wills
MA(Oxon 1985), DPhil(Oxon 1989)
Professor of Irish Letters, University of Cambridge
Honorary Member, PL&A
Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies
Elected in 2015
Professor K Matthew W. Zepf
BSc(Heidelberg 1993), DPhil(Oxon 1997)
Director of Research, Helmholtz Institut Jena
Member, Science
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Elected in 2015
Professor Geraldine Butler
BA(Dubl 1984), PhD(Dubl 1989)
Professor of Genetics, University College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2015
Offices held: On Council: 2016-2020
Professor Lorraine Byrne Bodley
BA(NUI 1988, 1995), HDip(NUI 1989), PhD(NUI 1999), DMus(NUI 2012)
Professor of Musicology, Maynooth University
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Musicology And History Of Art And Architecture
Elected in 2015
Professor David Christopher Coleman
BA(Dubl 1979), PhD(Dubl 1982), MRCPath(Royal College of Pathologists London 1993), FRCPath(Royal Col
Professor of Oral and Applied Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2015
Awards: RIA Medal in Microbiology 1998
Professor Jonathan Nesbit Coleman
BA(Dubl 1995), PhD(Dubl 2000)
Professor of Chemical Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Elected in 2015
Awards: 2023 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Professor Henry J Curran
BSc(NUI 1990), PhD(NUI 1994), DSc(NUI 2011)
Professor of Combustion Chemistry, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
Member, Science
Discipline: Chemistry
Elected in 2015
Professor Nicholas Paul Daly
BA(NUI 1987), MA(NUI 1989), PhD(Brown 1995)
Professor of Modern English and American Literature, University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies
Elected in 2015
Professor Orla Feely
BE(NUI 1986), MS(Berkeley 1990), PhD(Berkeley 1992)
Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, University College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Computer Science And Informatics
Elected in 2015