John Hegarty was elected 43rd Provost of Trinity College, Dublin in 2001 for a ten-year term. Image File history File links Hegarty_john2. ... Provost is from the Latin praepositus (set over, from praeponere, to place in front). It may mean: Provost (religion), a church official. ... Trinity College, Dublin, corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

He holds a BSc in Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics/Philosophy from National University of Ireland, Maynooth, a HDipEd also from Maynooth and a PhD from National University of Ireland, Galway. The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) was founded in 1997 by the Universities Act, 1997 as a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. ... The Higher Diploma is an academic award in Hong Kong and Ireland. ... The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway) (Irish Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh or OÉ, Gaillimh) can trace its existence to 1845 as Queens College, Galway and was known until recently as University College, Galway (UCG) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh or COG). ...

Following a postdoctoral stay at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he was a research scientist at Bell Labs, New Jersey for six years. He returned to Ireland in 1986 as Professor of Laser Physics in Trinity College. The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Bell Laboratories (also known as Bell Labs and formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bell Telephone Laboratories) was the main research and development arm of the United States Bell System. ...

Producing over 140 publications, and developing a number of patents, he was a co-founder of Optronics Ireland and of campus company, Eblana Photonics. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the American Physical Society, the American Optical Society, the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and Fellow of the Institute of Physics. The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is one of Irelands premier learned societies and cultural institutions. ... The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the worlds second largest organization of physicists. ... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization incorporated in the State of New York, United States. ... The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the United Kingdoms professional body for physicists. ...

Dean of Research and Head of the Physics Department prior to becoming Provost.

He has two sons, Ciaran and Cillian.

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• Trinity College, Dublin