Members Directory

Professor Patrick Mary Shannon

BSc, PhD. FEI, PGeo, EurGeol

Emeritus Professor of Geology, University College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences

Elected in 2003

Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary 2017-21

Professor Malcolm Roland Smyth

BSc(QUB 1972), PhD(Lond 1976), DSc(QUB 1990)

Dean, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University

Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 2003

Professor John Lionel Waddington

MA(Cantab), PhD, DSc(Lond)

Professor of Neuroscience, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences 

Member, Science

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

Elected in 2003

Professor Thomas Christopher Garvin

BA, MA(NUI 1964, 1966), PhD(Georgia 1974)

Emeritus Professor of Politics, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

Elected in 2003

Professor John Fuller Atkins

BA(Dubl 1965), MA(Dubl 1968), PhD(Dubl 1970), ScD(Dubl 1981)

Former Director of Science Foundation Ireland, Molecular Biologist, University College Cork

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2003

Awards: 2007 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Life Sciences

Professor Pádraig A. Breatnach

MA(NUI), DPhil(Munich)

Professor of Classical Irish, UCD 1986-2006; editor of Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies (NUI). Seni, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies  

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Irish Language, Literary And Cultural Studies

Elected in 2003

Offices held: On Council: 2009-13

Professor Derek E.G Briggs

BA(Dubl), PhD(Cantab), ScD(hc Dubl)

G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology and Geophysics, and Curator-in-charge, Invertebrate Paleon, Yale University

Honorary Member, Science

Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences

Elected in 2003

Professor Howard Brian Clarke

BA, PhD(Birm 1962, 1978). FRHistS

Emeritus Professor of Medieval Socio-Economic History, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2003

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2004-05, Secretary 2005-09

Professor Jane Conroy

BA, MA(NUI), D-ès-L(Sorbonne)

Professor in French, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies

Elected in 2003

Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary for PL&A 2005-2010, VP 2019-2023

Professor Michael Bevan Jones

BA, PhD(Lanc 1968,1971). FTCD

Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2003

Offices held: On Council: 2019-23

Professor James J. Kelly

BA, MA, PhD(NUI)

Professor of History and Head of School of History and Geography, Faculty of Humanities and Social S, Dublin City University

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2003

Professor Declan Kiberd

MA, DPhil

Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama, University of Notre Dame

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2003

Professor Mary Clayton

BA, MA(NUI), DPhil(Oxon)

Emerita Professor of Old and Middle English, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2002

Offices held: On Council: 2015-17

Professor Peter Coxon

BSc(Sussex), PhD(Cantab). FTCD

Professor of Geography, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences

Elected in 2002

Offices held: On Council: 2006-10, 2014-18

Professor Amilra Prasanna de Silva

BSc(Colombo), PhD(QUB)

Professor of Chemistry, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 2002

Mr Dermot Gleeson

BA, LLM, Barrister-at-Law

Senior Counsel, Former Attorney General of Ireland, University College Cork

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Law

Elected in 2002

Mr Michael W Herren

BA (Calif), MSL (PIMS, Toronto), PhD (Toronto), FRSC, FMAA

Professor Emeritus of Classics and Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature, York University, Toronto

Honorary Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2002

Professor Patrick Honohan

BA, MA(NUI), MSc, PhD(Lond)

Honorary Professor of Economics TCD and Former Governor, Central Bank of Ireland

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Economics, Business And Management Sciences

Elected in 2002

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2019-21, Treasurer 2021-23

Awards: Royal Irish Academy Cunningham Medal 2014

Professor George William Irwin

BSc, PhD, DSc(QUB)

Professor of Control Engineering, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Engineering And Material Sciences

Elected in 2002

Professor Stephen J Lippard

Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Honorary Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 2002

Professor Stuart Alan Rice

Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago

Honorary Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 2002

Professor Bert Rima

MSc(Delft), PhD(McMaster 1975). FIBIOL

Professor of Molecular Biology, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2002

Awards: RIA Medal in Biochemistry 1994

Professor Siddhartha Sen

BSc, MSc, DipNucPhys(Calcutta), ScD(MIT), MA(Dubl). FTCD(Emeritus)

Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Mathematics

Elected in 2002

Professor John Joseph Séan Strain

BSc, BAgr, PhD(QUB), DipEd(Newcastle, Australia), Reg. Nutr(Nutrition Society)

Co-Director, Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Ulster 

Member, Science

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

Elected in 2002