Leadership at Tyndall
Senior Leadership Team
Our Senior Leadership Team is responsible for the day to day running of the institute and reports to the Board on a quarterly basis.


William Scanlon | Chief Executive Officer


Prof Paul Townsend | Head of Photonics


Prof Cian Ó Mathúna | Research Programme Director


Prof Dimitra Psychogiou | Head of Advanced RF Technology Group


Dr Michael Nolan | Chair of Research Committee (Interim)


Prof Stefan Andersson-Engels | Head of Biophotonics


Dr Aidan Quinn | Head of MNS


John Morrissey | Executive Director of MCCI


Dr Fatima Gunning | Head of Graduate Studies & EPE


Dr Georgos Fagas | Head of EU Programmes


Dr Patrick Morrissey | Head of Photonics Operations


Dr Graeme Maxwell | Head of Specialty Products & Services


Peter Smyth | Commercial Director


Claire Cooke | Head of People & Culture


Derry Kelleher | Director of Infrastructure


Damian Nestor | Director of Finance & Business Operations


Áine Murphy | Secretariat
Board Members


Dr Denis Doyle | Chairperson, Founder and Principal at Resonance Consulting and Coaching Limited


William Scanlon | Chief Executive Officer


Professor John F. Cryan | Vice President for Research & Innovation, UCC


Caroline Dowling | Director, DCC Plc & IMI Plc


Professor Bram Nauta | Distinguished University Professor, University of Twente


Sean O’Sullivan | Founder, SOSV


Professor Richard V Penty | Professor of Photonics, Cambridge University


Professor Steven A. Ringel | Distinguished University Professor, Ohio State University


Professor Birgitte Bak-Jensen | Distinguished University Professor, Aalborg University


Susan Feindt | ADI Fellow, Analog Devices

