Members Directory

Professor Walter Kolch

MD(Vienna 1985) Habilitation(Ludwig Maximilian 1996). FRSE

Director, Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2016

Professor Alan Richard Kramer

BA(Newcastle 1977), MA(Newcastle 1979), PhD(Hamburg 1987)

Professor of European History, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2018

Professor Dr Rudolf Krska

PhD(Vienna 1993) Diploma(Vienna 1990)

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Honorary Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 2022

Professor Brigid Laffan

BCS(NUI 1977), PhD(Dubl 1987)

Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics, European University Institute

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

Elected in 2005

Offices held: On Council: 2009-10

Awards: 2024 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Social Sciences

Professor John Gerard Laffey

DSc(NUI 2022), MD(NUI 2001), MA(IPA 2001), MB, BCh, BAO(NUI 1992), BSc(NUI 1989)

Professor/Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway 

Member, Science

Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)

Elected in 2023

Professor Thomas Joseph Laffey

BSc, MSc(NUI 1964, 1965), DPhil(Sussex 1968)

Associate Professor of Mathematics, University College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Mathematics

Elected in 1981

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 1988-89, VP 1989-90, 1990-92, 2010-14

Professor Philip Richard Lane

BA(Dubl), AM, PhD(Harvard)

Governer, Central Bank of Ireland

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Economics, Business And Management Sciences

Elected in 2007

Awards: 2015 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Social Sciences

Professor Edward Larrissy

BA, MA, D.Phil(Oxon)

Professor of Poetry and Head of School, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2011

Professor Ed C Lavelle

BSc(NUI 1990), PhD(Plymouth 1994)

Professor in Immunology, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2021

Professor Michael John Laver

MA(Essex), PhD(Liver)

Professor of Political Science, New York University 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

Elected in 1990

Offices held: On Council: 2000-01

Dr Brian Lawlor

MB BAO BCh(NUI 1980), MRCPI(RCPI 1984), MD(NUI 1989), Diplomate(American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology 1989), FRCPI(RCPI 1992), FRPsych(RCPsych UK 1993), FTCD(Hon 2018)

Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Site Director Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)

Elected in 2024

Professor John Joseph Lee

MA(NUI)

Professor of Irish Studies; Director, Irish Studies; Glucksman Professor of Irish Studies, New York University 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 1985

Offices held: On Council: 1991-92

Professor Joseph Theodoor Leerssen

MA (Aachen), LRIAM (1980), MA (NUI 1980), DLitt (Utrecht 1986), HonFTCD.

Professor of European Studies, University of Amsterdam

Honorary Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2009

Professor Jean-Marie Pierre Lehn

Professor of Chemistry, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg

Honorary Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 1999

Professor Colm A. Lennon

BA, MA, PhD(NUI 1970, 1975, 1987)

Emeritus Professor of History, Maynooth University

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2007

Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary for PL&A 2012-14

Professor Ciaran Liam S Lewis

BSc, PhD (QUB)

Professor of Physics, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 1997

Professor Stephen J Lippard

Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Honorary Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 2002

Professor Roger Roger Graham Little

MA(Dubl), PhD(Dunelm), LittD(Dubl). FTCD

Retired Professor of French, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies

Elected in 1993

Professor David N. Livingstone

BA(1975), PhD(QUB 1982), DLitt(hc UA 2013). OBE, FBA, AcSS, MAE, FRSA

Professor of Geography, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Geography

Elected in 1998

Offices held: On Council: 2001-02

Awards: 2008 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Social Sciences

Professor David Robert Lloyd

MA, PhD, ScD(Cantab). FTCD

Retired Professor of General Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 1982

Professor Patrick Lonergan

BAgrSc, MAgrSc, PhD, DSc(NUI 1989, 1990, 1992, 2005)

Professor of Animal Reproduction, University College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Agriculture, Veterinary And Food Science

Elected in 2012

Professor Patrick Lonergan

BA, MA, PhD(NUI 1996, 1998, 2005)

Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2018

Professor Edna Mary Longley

BA(Dubl), LittD(hc Dubl 2003). FBA

Emerita Professor of English Literature, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2000

Professor Noel Francis Lowndes

BA(Dubl 1983), PhD(Glasgow 1988)

Chair of Biochemistry, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway 

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2017

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2021-, VP 2023-24, Secretary for Science 2024-