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Governing Boards of the Constituent Schools – 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025

School of Celtic Studies
Chairperson: Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, St John’s College, University of Cambridge.

Appointed Members of the Governing Board:
• Professor Robin Chapman Stacey, University of Washington;
• Professor Marged Haycock, Aberystwyth University, Wales;
• Professor Joseph F. Nagy, Harvard University;
• Professor David Stifter, Maynooth University;
• Professor Gregory Toner, Queen’s University Belfast.

Senior Professors (ex-officio):
Professor Liam Breatnach
Professor Ruairí Ó hUiginn (Director)

School of Cosmic Physics
Chairperson: Professor Mary Fowler, Darwin College, University of Cambridge.

Appointed Members of the Governing Board:
• Professor Michael Burton, Armagh Observatory aand Planetarium;
• Professor Janet Drew, University College London;
• Koen Verbruggen, Director, Geological Survey Ireland;
• Professor Jean-Paul Montagner, Institut de Physique du Globe et Univerite Paris Diderot (from November 2021);
• Dr Créidhe O’Sullivan, Maynooth University (from November 2021);
• Dr Nicole Vilmer; LESIA-Pris Observatory-PSL Research University (from November 2021).

Senior Professors (ex-officio):

• Professor Tom Ray (Director; from June 2021)
• Professor Chris Bean (Director; to June 2021)
• Professor Peter Gallagher;
• Professor Caitriona Jackman (from September 2021);

School of Theoretical Physics
Chairperson: Professor Peter Goddard, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton.

Appointed Members of the Governing Board:
• Professor Aiyalam P. Balachandran, Syracuse University;
• Professor Brian Dolan, Maynooth University;
• Professor Fay Dowker, Imperial College London;
• Professor David Evans, Cardiff University;
• Professor Fedele Lizzi, Universita di Napoli Federico II;
• Professor Patrizia Vitale, Universita di Napoli Federico II.
• Professor Sinéad Ryan, the University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Senior Professors (ex-officio):
• Professor Denjoe O’Connor (Director)
• Professor Werner Nahm (to July 2022)
• Professor Tony Dorlas
• Professor Sergei Gukov (from August 2022)