Members Directory
677 members found
Professor Maurice J. Bric
MA(NUI), AM, PhD(Johns Hopkins)
Associate Professor of History, University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2000
Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2003–05, VP 2005-06, 2006-07
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 Paleontology, Yale University
Honorary Member, Science
Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences
Elected in 2003
Professor Peter Brown
Director, Program in Hellenic Studies and Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Princeton University
Honorary Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2010
Professor Terence Peter McCord Brown
GMG, MA, PhD(Dubl)
Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature, Trinity College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies
Elected in 1992
Offices held: On Council: 1997-98
Dr James Joseph Browne
BE(NUI 1974), MEngSc(NUI 1978), PhD(UMIST 1990), DSc(UMIST 1990)
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
Member, Science
Discipline: Engineering And Material Sciences
Elected in 2005
Professor Janet Elizabeth Browne
BA(Dubl 1972), MSc(Imperial 1973), PhD(Imperial 1978), DSc(hc Dubl 2009)
Professor, Harvard University
Honorary Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 2019
Professor Katherine Browne
PhD(Gloucestershire 2003), MA(Sheffield 1999), BSc(Loughborough 1998)
Professor, University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Geography
Elected in 2022
Professor Joanna Brück
BA(Cantab 1993), PhD(Cantab 1998)
Professor of Archaeology, University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Archaeology
Elected in 2023
Professor Ronald Hull Buchanan
BA, PhD(QUB)
Emeritus Professor of Irish Geography, Queen's University Belfast
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 1987
Offices held: On Council and in Office: 1992-94, VP 1994-96
Professor Stephen Michael Buckley
BSc, MSc(NUI 1983, 1984), MS(Chicago 1985), PhD(Chicago 1990)
Professor, Maynooth University
Member, Science
Discipline: Mathematics
Elected in 2018
Professor Yvonne Maria Buckley
BA(Oxon 1997), PhD(Imperial College 2002), DIC(Imperial College 2002), MA jo(Dubl 2014)
Professor of Zoology, Trinity College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2019
Professor Robert Burch
BSc, PhD, DSc(QUB)
Research Professor in Catalysis, Queen's University Belfast
Member, Science
Discipline: Chemistry
Elected in 2006
Professor Mark Thornton Burnett
BA(Exeter 1983), MA(San Diego), D.Phil(Oxon 1990)
Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen's University Belfast
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies
Elected in 2010
Professor Duncan Thorburn Burns
BSc(Leeds 1955), PhD(Leeds 1959), DSc(Loughborough 1972), MA(QUB 1992). FRSE
Adjunct Professor, Kasetsart University; Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Visiting Research Professor, Queen's University Belfast
Member, Science
Discipline: Chemistry
Elected in 1984
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 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 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
Ms Geraldine Byrne Nason
BA, MA(NUI), Dip(NYU)
Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America, Department of Foreign Affairs
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies
Elected in 2014
Professor Martin Caffrey
BAgrSc(NUI 1972), MS, PhD(Cornell 1976, 1983)
Professor of Membrane Structural and Functional Biology, Trinity College Dublin
Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2009
Professor Clive Edric John Caldicott
MA(Dubl), BA, M-ès-L(Aix-Marseille), PhD(Dubl), Maître-ès-Jeux(Académie des Jeux Floraux, Toulouse)
Emeritus Professor of French, University College Dublin
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies
Elected in 2001
Professor Bruce Mortimer Stanley Campbell
BA, PhD(Cantab). FBA
Professor of Medieval Economic History, Queen's University Belfast
Member, PL&A
Discipline: History
Elected in 1997
Professor William Cecil Campbell
BA, MA(Dubl 1952), PhD(Wiscon 1956), DSc(hc Wiscon 2005, McGill 2007), ScD(hc Dubl 2012), DLitt (hc Drew 2016)
Drew University
Honorary Member, Science
Discipline: Biology
Elected in 2016
Dr Mary Canning
BA, MA, H. Dip.Ed., PhD(NUI 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973), DLitt(hc NUI 2014)
Board Member, Higher Education Authority
Member, PL&A
Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences
Elected in 2010
Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2017-2018, SVP 2018-2020, President 2020-2023
Professor Mary Cannon
MB BCh BAO(NUI 1988), Diploma Statistics(Dubl 1992), MRCPsych(Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993),
Psychiatrist, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Member, Science
Discipline: Public Health And Health Professions (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy)
Elected in 2022
Offices held: On Council: 2023-24