Members Directory
680 members found
Professor William James Spillane
BSc, PhD, DSc(NUI). FICI
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
Member, Science
Discipline: Chemistry
Elected in 2008
Offices held: On Council: 2017-18
Sir Kenneth Percy Bloomfield
BA, MA(Oxon 1952, 1956), LLD(hc QUB 1991), DUniv(hc Open University 2000), DLitt(hc Ulster 2002)
Writer and former Chairman, Northern Ireland Higher Education Council
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Education
Elected in 2008
Professor John Christopher Dainty
MSc, PhD(Imperial College London 1969, 1972)
Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
Member, Science
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Elected in 2008
Professor John Frederick Dewey
BSc (Lond 1958), PhD, DIC (Imperial College London 1960, 1960), MA (Cantab 1965, Oxon 1986), ScD (Ca
Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of California
Honorary Member, Science
Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences
Elected in 2008
Dr Noel Dorr
BA, BComm, HDipEd(NUI 1954,1955), MA(Georgetown 1977)
Retired Diplomat/Civil Servant
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences
Elected in 2008
Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2011-14, VP 2014-15
Professor Robert William Elwood
BSc, PhD(Reading 1972, 1975)
Professor of Animal Behaviour, Queen's University Belfast
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2008
Professor David William Hayton
BA(Manc), DPhil(Oxford). FSA, FRHS
Professor of Early Modern Irish and British History, Queen's University Belfast
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2008
Professor Jacqueline Rhoda Hill
BA, PhD(Leeds 1969, 1973)
Professor of History, Maynooth University
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2008
Professor Attracta Ingram
BA(NUI 1970), PhD(Dubl 1977)
Emerita Professor of Politics (Moral and Political Philosophy), University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Philosophy, Theology And Religious Studies
Elected in 2008
Offices held: On Council and in Office: SVP 2011-14, 2014-15
Dr Geraldine Kennedy
PhD(hc DIT 2005), DLitt(hc QUB 2007), LLD(hc NUI 2008)
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences
Elected in 2008
Offices held: On Council 2017
Professor Ruth Mary Josephine Byrne
BA(NUI 1983), PhD(Dubl 1986), FTCD
Professor of Cognitive Science (Personal Chair), Trinity College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)
Elected in 2007
Awards: 2021 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Social Sciences
Professor Thomas Mowbray Charles-Edwards
BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon).
Emeritus Jesus Professor of Celtic, University of Oxford
Honorary Member, PL&A
Discipline: Classics
Elected in 2007
Professor Victor Frederick Dixon
BA, MA, PhD(Cantab 1954, 1959, 1959), MA(Dubl 1976). FTCD
Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies, Trinity College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies
Elected in 2007
Professor James Oliver Dolly
BSc, MSc(NUI 1966, 1968), PhD(Wales 1972), DSc(Lond 2002)
Director, International Centre for Neurotherapeutics, Dublin City University
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2007
Professor Robert Ferris Frame
BA, MA, PhD (Dubl 1966, 1969, 1971), FRHistS (1978)
Emeritus Professor of History, University of Durham
Honorary Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2007
Professor Eugene C. Freuder
BA(Harvard 1967), PhD(MIT 1975)
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Cork Constraint Computation Centre, University College Cork
Member, Science
Discipline: Engineering And Material Sciences
Elected in 2007
Professor Frank Gannon
BSc(NUI), PhD(Leicester)
Emeritus Fellow, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2007
Professor Brian Joseph Harvey
BSc, PhD(NUI 1979,1982), HDR(Nice 1991)
Professor of Molecular Medicine, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Member, Science
Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)
Elected in 2007
Professor Desmond Gerard Higgins
BA, PhD(Dubl 1981, 1988)
Professor of Bioinformanics, University College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2007
Professor Dorota Stanislawa Iwaniec
MA, DipEd(Jagiellonian University of Kraków 1962, 1963), DipSW, PhD(Leicester 1977, 1983), CQSW(1977
Emerita Professor of Social Work, Queen's University Belfast
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences
Elected in 2007
Dr Mary Kelly
BA, PhD(Dubl 1977, 1984), MBA(DCU 1992)
Chief Executive, An Bord Pleanála
Member, Science
Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences
Elected in 2007
Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2009-14, VP 2014-16, 2020-23, Treasurer 2023-
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 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 Brian Dominic Mac Craith
BSc, MSc, PhD(NUI)
Former President, Dublin City University
Member, Science
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Elected in 2007